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[16:32:35] Record #2
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A few years ago, the luxury-goods company Christian Dior recycled images of that film’s heartthrob attraction, Alain Delon, in an ad campaign for its cologne Eau Sauvage that used the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” The playlist for “A Bigger Splash” includes a couple of Stones songs as well, notably “Emotional Rescue,” which is in rotation with Harry Nilsson, Giuseppe Verdi, 1970s Brazilian classics and Hollywood’s eternal bad boy Robert Mitchum murdering the calypso ditty “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep.” Mr. Guadagnino, in other words, knows how to decorate a movie, from Marianne’s manicured head to Penelope’s perfectly photographed bellybutton. Every fetishized element — the glorious house, the tiled pool, Marianne’s Dior outfits and the scrubbiest of vistas — looks ravishing, ready for a close-up, too. The world that Mr. Guadagnino creates is at once seductive and aspirational, and another reminder that movies have always excelled at stoking consumer desires. 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[16:32:35] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/77426` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The trailer for “Baaghi” has a body-count ticker — a winking boast about the movie’s martial spirit — that tops out at 114. And though I didn’t tally ’em up, it’s true that body after expendable body is thwacked, pummeled and left for dead in “Baaghi,” as our hero, Ronny, fights his way to … well, to what exactly? Early in “Baaghi,” a Bollywood action movie with the usual grab bag of romance, comedy and drama, Ronny (Tiger Shroff, son of the ’80s star Jackie Shroff) shows up at a martial arts academy in Kerala. On the train ride there he finds a girl, Sia (Shraddha Kapoor), and at the academy he finds a guru. Ronny, we’re told in words and song, is a rebel, though really he’s just young, cocky and clueless, a sweet-faced muscle boy. Almost accidentally (the guru has stealth methods), Ronny grows into a disciplined fighter. For no particular reason, we’re still meant to consider him a rebel and, to up the ante, a modern-day Rama, hero of the Indian epic “The Ramayana.” After making clear this link to “The Ramayana” about midway through the movie, the filmmakers Sabbir Khan (director) and Sanjeev Dutta (writer) proceed to draw it out: Sia is Sita (Rama’s wife), and she’s kidnapped not once but twice — to be kidnapped once is misfortune; twice looks like carelessness (in this case, the writer’s) — by the demonic Raghav, who brings her to Bangkok, where a blind taxi driver tells us that he’s the story’s Hanuman, the trickster monkey god. But because the filmmakers have given their characters labels (rebel, guru, villain) instead of personalities, the movie’s bid for epic resonance feels particularly hollow. Ronny may just be some guy with a grudge (and flying fists and feet), but surely Rama is something more. At least Ronny has a gimmick; Sia/Sita is a blank, the love interest, full stop. Her outstanding feature is that she likes rain. Mostly “Baaghi” is a fight movie, and a slightly dull one at that, overstuffed with boom-boom set pieces. (Its action sequences have been accused of resembling too closely the Indonesian movie “The Raid: Redemption.”) And while Mr. Shroff moves well — he bounces balletically off walls to deliver knockout kicks and dances with loose-hipped grace — he never makes you care about the rebel Ronny who would be king. “Baaghi” is not rated. It is in Hindi, with English subtitles. Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes.` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The trailer for “Baaghi” has a body-count ticker — a winking boast about the movie’s martial spirit — that tops out at 114. And though I didn’t tally ’em up, it’s true that body after expendable body is thwacked, pummeled and left for dead in “Baaghi,” as our hero, Ronny, fights his way to … well, to what exactly? Early in “Baaghi,” a Bollywood action movie with the usual grab bag of romance, comedy and drama, Ronny (Tiger Shroff, son of the ’80s star Jackie Shroff) shows up at a martial arts academy in Kerala. On the train ride there he finds a girl, Sia (Shraddha Kapoor), and at the academy he finds a guru. Ronny, we’re told in words and song, is a rebel, though really he’s just young, cocky and clueless, a sweet-faced muscle boy. Almost accidentally (the guru has stealth methods), Ronny grows into a disciplined fighter. For no particular reason, we’re still meant to consider him a rebel and, to up the ante, a modern-day Rama, hero of the Indian epic “The Ramayana.” After making clear this link to “The Ramayana” about midway through the movie, the filmmakers Sabbir Khan (director) and Sanjeev Dutta (writer) proceed to draw it out: Sia is Sita (Rama’s wife), and she’s kidnapped not once but twice — to be kidnapped once is misfortune; twice looks like carelessness (in this case, the writer’s) — by the demonic Raghav, who brings her to Bangkok, where a blind taxi driver tells us that he’s the story’s Hanuman, the trickster monkey god. But because the filmmakers have given their characters labels (rebel, guru, villain) instead of personalities, the movie’s bid for epic resonance feels particularly hollow. Ronny may just be some guy with a grudge (and flying fists and feet), but surely Rama is something more. At least Ronny has a gimmick; Sia/Sita is a blank, the love interest, full stop. Her outstanding feature is that she likes rain. Mostly “Baaghi” is a fight movie, and a slightly dull one at that, overstuffed with boom-boom set pieces. (Its action sequences have been accused of resembling too closely the Indonesian movie “The Raid: Redemption.”) And while Mr. Shroff moves well — he bounces balletically off walls to deliver knockout kicks and dances with loose-hipped grace — he never makes you care about the rebel Ronny who would be king. “Baaghi” is not rated. It is in Hindi, with English subtitles. Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes.` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Waiting to Exhale (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:35] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:35] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:35] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:35] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
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[16:32:35] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:35] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:35] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:35] Record #6
[16:32:35] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:35] Combine all data for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)`...
[16:32:35] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)`...
[16:32:35] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1698`...
[16:32:35] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)`
[16:32:35] CREATING `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:35] Associate post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:35] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/78590` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Brian (Brian Sheppard) is a poet seeking more than a quick hookup. The infuriatingly bratty Jim (Zack Ryan), an aspiring actor, is the live-in boyfriend of Drew (Colman Domingo), an older world-famous metal sculptor who adores him. But Jim is so jealous of Drew’s devotion to art that he feels neglected and threatens to move out. Bob (John Lescault) is a rich, sleazy Hollywood talent agent in his mid-60s who cruises around in a white limousine looking to pay for sex. Why he’s in Philadelphia, of all cities, is never explained. The gay street scene depicted in the movie feels more like the 1970s than now, and the film’s dominant mood is one of feverish desperation and hunger. Lessons are learned, but the movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Brian (Brian Sheppard) is a poet seeking more than a quick hookup. The infuriatingly bratty Jim (Zack Ryan), an aspiring actor, is the live-in boyfriend of Drew (Colman Domingo), an older world-famous metal sculptor who adores him. But Jim is so jealous of Drew’s devotion to art that he feels neglected and threatens to move out. Bob (John Lescault) is a rich, sleazy Hollywood talent agent in his mid-60s who cruises around in a white limousine looking to pay for sex. Why he’s in Philadelphia, of all cities, is never explained. The gay street scene depicted in the movie feels more like the 1970s than now, and the film’s dominant mood is one of feverish desperation and hunger. Lessons are learned, but the movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Father of the Bride Part II (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:35] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:35] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:35] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:35] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:35] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:35] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:35] Record #7
[16:32:35] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:35] Combine all data for post `Heat (1995)`...
[16:32:35] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Heat (1995)`...
[16:32:35] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1699`...
[16:32:35] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Heat (1995)`
[16:32:35] CREATING `Heat (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:35] Associate post `Heat (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:35] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Heat (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Heat (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:35] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Heat (1995)` ...
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:35] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:35] Record #8
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[16:32:35] Record #9
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In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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So “Civil War” pauses for a few moments of chin-scratching and speechifying about whether a group of genetically advantaged, highly weaponized individuals should be brought under the supervision of the United Nations. More seriously — because, come on now, do you really think Captain America is going to put on a blue U.N. helmet? — the film glances at some of the moral complexities of modern warfare. The designated good guys are responsible for the deaths of innocents, and the question of their accountability hovers over the movie and sets its plot in motion. But this very crowded, reasonably enjoyable installment in the Avengers cycle — written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo — reveals, even more than its predecessors, an essential truth about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. 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The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. 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But this very crowded, reasonably enjoyable installment in the Avengers cycle — written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo — reveals, even more than its predecessors, an essential truth about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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[16:32:35] Record #10
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[16:32:35] Combine all data for post `GoldenEye (1995)`...
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[16:32:35] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `GoldenEye (1995)` ...
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[16:32:35] Record #12
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:36] Record #13
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[16:32:36] Combine all data for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)`...
[16:32:36] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)`...
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[16:32:36] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)`
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)` ...
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:36] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:36] Record #14
[16:32:36] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:36] Combine all data for post `Balto (1995)`...
[16:32:36] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Balto (1995)`...
[16:32:36] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1706`...
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Balto (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Balto (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Balto (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Balto (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Balto (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Balto (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Balto (1995)` ...
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Four Rooms (1995)` ...
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[16:32:36] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:36] Record #20
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[16:32:36] Combine all data for post `Money Train (1995)`...
[16:32:36] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Money Train (1995)`...
[16:32:36] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1712`...
[16:32:36] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Money Train (1995)`
[16:32:36] CREATING `Money Train (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:36] Associate post `Money Train (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:36] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `Everybody likes to spout grand-sounding ideas; no one likes to get into the messy area of carrying them out. A case in point: “Love Thy Nature,” an airy film by Sylvie Rokab that advocates redefining the relationship between humans and the natural world. Various theorists talk about the need to get away from the idea that people are supposed to subdue the Earth and toward the view that we are part of an interconnected planetary organism of sorts. The era of humans, we’re reminded, represents only a tiny fraction of Earth’s existence, and across those eons the planet has been continually evolving in ways that support a diversity of life. We need to figure out our place in this biosphere rather than try to conquer and exploit it. These ideas are presented via various talking heads and a narration read by Liam Neeson that represents “the voice of Sapiens,” while endless slow-motion footage of animals, plants and people rolls by. Hard realities, though, are nowhere to be found. Some of these experts like to talk in the “we”: “We’re starting to realize that we’re all kin, we’re all cousins,” Brian Swimme, a cosmologist, says in a segment that notes how much DNA humans share with trees. But who is this “we”? No one in this film acknowledges that a large number of humans deny global warming and still cheer the line “drill, baby, drill” when politicians hurl it. Even when it could be specific, “Love Thy Nature” isn’t. The idea of biomimicry — emulating proven solutions from the natural world to address human needs and problems — is discussed, but don’t expect many concrete examples. The film is useful enough as an introduction to such concepts, but it’s not willing to take on the difficult journey from theory to practice.` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/136717` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Everybody likes to spout grand-sounding ideas; no one likes to get into the messy area of carrying them out. A case in point: “Love Thy Nature,” an airy film by Sylvie Rokab that advocates redefining the relationship between humans and the natural world. Various theorists talk about the need to get away from the idea that people are supposed to subdue the Earth and toward the view that we are part of an interconnected planetary organism of sorts. The era of humans, we’re reminded, represents only a tiny fraction of Earth’s existence, and across those eons the planet has been continually evolving in ways that support a diversity of life. We need to figure out our place in this biosphere rather than try to conquer and exploit it. These ideas are presented via various talking heads and a narration read by Liam Neeson that represents “the voice of Sapiens,” while endless slow-motion footage of animals, plants and people rolls by. Hard realities, though, are nowhere to be found. Some of these experts like to talk in the “we”: “We’re starting to realize that we’re all kin, we’re all cousins,” Brian Swimme, a cosmologist, says in a segment that notes how much DNA humans share with trees. But who is this “we”? No one in this film acknowledges that a large number of humans deny global warming and still cheer the line “drill, baby, drill” when politicians hurl it. Even when it could be specific, “Love Thy Nature” isn’t. The idea of biomimicry — emulating proven solutions from the natural world to address human needs and problems — is discussed, but don’t expect many concrete examples. The film is useful enough as an introduction to such concepts, but it’s not willing to take on the difficult journey from theory to practice.` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:36] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:36] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Money Train (1995)` ...
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[16:32:36] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
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[16:32:36] CREATED `Money Train (1995)` `Resource` (ID: 2347)
[16:32:36] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:36] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:37] Record #21
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `Get Shorty (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Get Shorty (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1713`...
[16:32:37] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Get Shorty (1995)`
[16:32:37] CREATING `Get Shorty (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:37] Associate post `Get Shorty (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:37] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/137026` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Get Shorty (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
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[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:37] Record #22
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `Copycat (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Copycat (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1714`...
[16:32:37] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Copycat (1995)`
[16:32:37] CREATING `Copycat (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:37] Associate post `Copycat (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:37] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/138346` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `An early scene in “Men & Chicken” shows the actor Mads Mikkelsen, with curly hair and a mustache, in the role of Elias, on an awkward date with a woman he met online. She says she is impressed that Elias made the date to begin with because her profile picture, which shows her in a wheelchair, has turned off other men. Expressing interest in her job as a psychiatrist, Elias describes a dream, one in which he rapes a bird of some sort. His date interjects questions; Elias responds with annoyance, questioning her competence as a therapist. He subsequently retires to the men’s room and begins to masturbate in a stall. Yes. “Men & Chicken” is that kind of movie. He’s interrupted by a phone call from his brother Gabriel (David Dencik), who tells Elias that their father has died. It’s even more of that kind of movie when Elias and Gabriel discover their dead father is not their real father. The comically dimwitted brothers trek to a remote Danish island, where they discover three more brothers, who are loath to let the interlopers see the patriarch. Slapstick violence collides with an air of rot, and for a time the movie feels like a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a vintage Three Stooges short. And then there are the mutated chickens. All the weirdness is orchestrated with surprising understatement by the writer and director Anders Thomas Jensen, a well-established screenwriter and a bit of a cult figure, directorially, in his native land. The movie’s grave commitment to its own quirkiness is admirable, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to recommend it.` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Copycat (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:37] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:37] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:37] ---
[16:32:37] Record #23
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `Assassins (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Assassins (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1715`...
[16:32:37] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Assassins (1995)`
[16:32:37] CREATING `Assassins (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:37] Associate post `Assassins (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:37] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/139513` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The unofficial conclusion of an unofficial trilogy of holiday-themed multistar comedy vehicles directed by Garry Marshall, “Mother’s Day” has its perfunctory heart exactly where any experienced viewer would expect it to be. That is, in a fantasy world where, among other things, one older mother’s lifetime of bigotry can be cured by half an afternoon spent with a mixed-race child. The major players in this movie of intertwined story lines include Kate Hudson as a daughter and mom addicted to secrets; Jennifer Aniston as a frazzled divorced mom superirritated by her ex, played by Timothy Olyphant (who’s clearly dying to star in a biopic of Billy Bob Thornton); Julia Roberts as a high-powered childless career woman; and Britt Robertson as a young single mom who’s loath to marry her winsome British boyfriend because of her ambivalence about having been adopted. You will guess, immediately, who her mom turns out to be. The movie, a goopy, glossy mess with 10 times more respect for contrived sentimentality than for film grammar, is bereft of genuinely amusing jokes — Mr. Marshall really had some nerve naming his autobiography “Wake Me When It’s Funny.” Which is not to say the film lacks entertainment value. There’s unusual imagery, in the form of Ms. Roberts’s recycled wig. (Perhaps she had hoped to pass for a Julia Roberts impersonator.) There’s suspense, as when Jason Sudeikis, playing a single dad, sings “The Humpty Dance” for a roomful of children, and you wonder if he’ll make it to the line “I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.” And there are laughs, albeit inadvertent; the biggest comes courtesy of the production’s no-doubt overworked sound department, when Ms. Robertson utters “I have abandonment issues” without moving her mouth. GLENN KENNY “Mother’s Day” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for language of the sort that your mom may use with you if you take her to see this movie.` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Assassins (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:37] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:37] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:37] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:37] ---
[16:32:37] Record #24
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[16:32:37] Record #25
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A flashback establishes that they performed together back in the ’60s, but it’s gone before any historical or emotional significance has registered. In its wake there is a lingering flicker of curiosity. Nina Simone and Richard Pryor were friends. Wouldn’t that make an interesting movie? There are so many interesting movies hovering in the air, none of them the one onscreen. “Nina,” written and directed by Cynthia Mort, has taken a long time to arrive in theaters. In the months leading up to its release, the film has been criticized for casting Zoe Saldana, who is also credited as an executive producer, in the title role. The real Nina Simone had much darker skin than Ms. Saldana, whose participation has sparked renewed discussion about persistent color bias in popular culture. The fact that her complexion, like her accent, seems to shift from one scene to the next is unlikely to help. But the problems with “Nina” are more than skin deep. Ms. Saldana does her own singing, and while she has a fine voice, she lacks Ms. Simone’s lower register range and the uniquely Simonean tonal quality that was somehow both raw and silken, furious and sad. Still, the film, shot in cool, soft, vintagey colors by Mihai Malaimare Jr., works better as a lounge act than as a biography. The songs (including “Four Women,” “Wild Is the Wind,” “My Baby Just Cares for Me” and “See-Line Woman”) are still great. Even so, those interested in Simone’s art should listen to her records. Those curious about her life can check out “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” Liz Garbus’s recent, and excellent, documentary. Many of the important facts in that movie appear as footnotes or flashbacks in this one. An early scene shows Simone as a teenage piano prodigy in North Carolina, insisting that her parents be seated in the segregated hall where she is performing. Later, in an interview on French radio, she recalls her Juilliard education and her rejection from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, which had no place for a young black woman interested in classical music. We catch a glimpse of her composing “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” in the company of its inspiration, the playwright Lorraine Hansberry. We learn that she had a daughter and was active in the civil rights movement. But the threads that would connect these data points into something coherent — let alone revelatory, moving or provocative — are never supplied. Instead, we are treated to a bizarre, shambling drama about Simone’s relationship, in her last decade, with Clifton Henderson (David Oyelowo), who was her assistant and then her manager. They meet in Los Angeles, where Simone has been placed in a psychiatric ward after pulling a gun on a record-company executive. Clifton, a nurse, treats her kindly and is aware of her fame, so she drops some cash on him (literally) and spirits him away to the South of France, where she leads a dissipated expat life. Existing on Champagne and cigarettes, she pouts and sleeps and swears at poor Clifton, refusing to eat the food he prepares her and occasionally throwing things at him. In her early 60s, she still intermittently performs and records, but her erratic behavior, some of it the result of bipolar disorder, keeps her from the comeback she desires and deserves. To the extent that “Nina” has a plot, it involves Clifton’s efforts to help her and preserve his own patience and dignity. But their interactions, too, feel like a weird cabaret act, or like outtakes from a sitcom about a crazy diva and her loyal servant. Ms. Mort’s writing lacks psychological texture, and her direction generates little intensity, or even continuity. To say nothing of relevance. Ms. Garbus’s documentary implicitly linked Simone’s public career and private travails to the racial and sexual politics of the present. There are few musicians whose work feels so permanently urgent, whose contribution still demands to be grappled with and understood. It gives me no pleasure to say that “Nina” contributes nothing to that understanding. “Nina” is not rated. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes.` for post `Leaving Las Vegas (1995)` ...
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A flashback establishes that they performed together back in the ’60s, but it’s gone before any historical or emotional significance has registered. In its wake there is a lingering flicker of curiosity. Nina Simone and Richard Pryor were friends. Wouldn’t that make an interesting movie? There are so many interesting movies hovering in the air, none of them the one onscreen. “Nina,” written and directed by Cynthia Mort, has taken a long time to arrive in theaters. In the months leading up to its release, the film has been criticized for casting Zoe Saldana, who is also credited as an executive producer, in the title role. The real Nina Simone had much darker skin than Ms. Saldana, whose participation has sparked renewed discussion about persistent color bias in popular culture. The fact that her complexion, like her accent, seems to shift from one scene to the next is unlikely to help. But the problems with “Nina” are more than skin deep. Ms. Saldana does her own singing, and while she has a fine voice, she lacks Ms. Simone’s lower register range and the uniquely Simonean tonal quality that was somehow both raw and silken, furious and sad. Still, the film, shot in cool, soft, vintagey colors by Mihai Malaimare Jr., works better as a lounge act than as a biography. The songs (including “Four Women,” “Wild Is the Wind,” “My Baby Just Cares for Me” and “See-Line Woman”) are still great. Even so, those interested in Simone’s art should listen to her records. Those curious about her life can check out “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” Liz Garbus’s recent, and excellent, documentary. Many of the important facts in that movie appear as footnotes or flashbacks in this one. An early scene shows Simone as a teenage piano prodigy in North Carolina, insisting that her parents be seated in the segregated hall where she is performing. Later, in an interview on French radio, she recalls her Juilliard education and her rejection from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, which had no place for a young black woman interested in classical music. We catch a glimpse of her composing “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” in the company of its inspiration, the playwright Lorraine Hansberry. We learn that she had a daughter and was active in the civil rights movement. But the threads that would connect these data points into something coherent — let alone revelatory, moving or provocative — are never supplied. Instead, we are treated to a bizarre, shambling drama about Simone’s relationship, in her last decade, with Clifton Henderson (David Oyelowo), who was her assistant and then her manager. They meet in Los Angeles, where Simone has been placed in a psychiatric ward after pulling a gun on a record-company executive. Clifton, a nurse, treats her kindly and is aware of her fame, so she drops some cash on him (literally) and spirits him away to the South of France, where she leads a dissipated expat life. Existing on Champagne and cigarettes, she pouts and sleeps and swears at poor Clifton, refusing to eat the food he prepares her and occasionally throwing things at him. In her early 60s, she still intermittently performs and records, but her erratic behavior, some of it the result of bipolar disorder, keeps her from the comeback she desires and deserves. To the extent that “Nina” has a plot, it involves Clifton’s efforts to help her and preserve his own patience and dignity. But their interactions, too, feel like a weird cabaret act, or like outtakes from a sitcom about a crazy diva and her loyal servant. Ms. Mort’s writing lacks psychological texture, and her direction generates little intensity, or even continuity. To say nothing of relevance. Ms. Garbus’s documentary implicitly linked Simone’s public career and private travails to the racial and sexual politics of the present. There are few musicians whose work feels so permanently urgent, whose contribution still demands to be grappled with and understood. It gives me no pleasure to say that “Nina” contributes nothing to that understanding. “Nina” is not rated. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes.` for post `Leaving Las Vegas (1995)` ...
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[16:32:37] Record #27
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[16:32:37] Record #28
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[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `Persuasion (1995)`...
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[16:32:37] Record #29
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[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)`...
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:37] Record #30
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1722`...
[16:32:37] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)`
[16:32:37] CREATING `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:37] Associate post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:37] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/141675` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:37] Record #31
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `Dangerous Minds (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Dangerous Minds (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1723`...
[16:32:37] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Dangerous Minds (1995)`
[16:32:37] CREATING `Dangerous Minds (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:37] Associate post `Dangerous Minds (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:37] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Dangerous Minds (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Dangerous Minds (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Dangerous Minds (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Dangerous Minds (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Dangerous Minds (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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Affable, earnest and humanly scaled, “The Meddler” is the kind of entertainment that the studios used to supply by the boatload and that now tends to show up on the small screen. Its emphasis on a mother and daughter relationship, in particular, brings to mind maternal melodramas like the glorious weepie “Stella Dallas” (1937), about a woman who asks her wealthy estranged husband to finish raising their daughter so that the girl can live like the people in movies. The difference being that “The Meddler” is agreeably (unusually) optimistic about human relationships, despite the melancholy edging its comedy. Marnie is the biggest source of the humor, and Ms. Sarandon plays her beautifully in every shade of sunshine. One of those relentlessly “on” people who’s always on the go, Marnie is always talking (including on her cell behind the wheel) and always doing, and always talking while doing. There’s compulsiveness to her meddlesomeness. Marnie doesn’t just call Lori, she does so repeatedly, babbling away as if each call were another clause in a sentence without end (“anyway”). The writer-director Lorene Scafaria leads with her laughs. Marnie enters yakking and keeps the motor running, including in voice-over. The patter is inane, funny, lifelike, and Ms. Sarandon’s Jersey intonations give it a comic topspin. Ms. Scafaria seeds these passages with information — Marnie’s dead husband, Joe, was the love of her life — and you can see the narrative machinery in action. But part of what makes the movie work is its unshowy realism, including yammer that isn’t the stuff of dramatic setup or tension but instead resembles the churn of random observations and pointless asides. The sort that swirls through your head and you sometimes share with someone when you’re unpacking groceries, making dinner or just calling to chat — only funnier. The story begins to catch up to Marnie’s accelerated rhythms when Lori splits for New York to work on a pilot she’s written, leaving her mom alone. Marnie copes with this separation in her usual fashion, calling Lori amid visits to the mall (cue the Crate & Barrel product placements) and visits to Lori’s dogs, Lori’s friends and Lori’s shrink. Marnie has started to see the therapist (Amy Landecker in a quick, deadpan turn) at Lori’s urging, though mostly she seems to go as a way to insinuate herself even more deeply into her daughter’s life. It’s no wonder that Marnie seems like a smother-mother who’s one 911 call away from a restraining order; no wonder too that she seems lonely. It would be easy to put Marnie on the couch, to assume that she’s neurotic rather than, you know, friendly, and that she talks a lot only to fill the silences or because the quiet might bring on the grief and self-reflection. But she’s plenty self-knowing already, thanks, and Ms. Sarandon shows you the self-awareness hovering behind Marnie’s smile and trembling in her pauses. Still, there is work to be done, a life to live, and, in a sense, the movie is a coming-of-later-age story in which a mother learns how to cut the cord one funny, poignant snip at a time and discovers herself in the process. In this, Marnie receives help from a much younger mother, Jillian (Cecily Strong), and a new friend, Zipper (J.K. Simmons), who each peel back layers. The same goes for the movie, which has a humble, utilitarian visual style, except that everyone looks really pretty, Ms. Sarandon, Ms. Byrne and Mr. Simmons included. Part of this is the quality of the Los Angeles light, which here has none of its sunshine-and-noir harshness but instead gives the characters an appealing glow, a glow that after a while feels like adoration. When Marnie looks at Lori — and Lori looks at Marnie — you are watching two people who, despite the nonsense, care for each other deeply. You see their happiness and you share in it too because in “The Meddler” Ms. Scafaria is holding up that softening filter through which each of us sees the funny, maddening, indispensable people with whom we laugh, mourn and, if we’re lucky, find love. “The Meddler” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). I haven’t a clue why. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.` for post `Dead Man Walking (1995)` ...
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] Record #36
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[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1728`...
[16:32:37] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Across the Sea of Time (1995)`
[16:32:37] CREATING `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:37] Associate post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` with current import ...
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[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
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[16:32:37] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Kelvin Tong’s “The Offering,” a muddled horror film, falls over itself incorporating as many genre elements as possible. The result is the cinematic equivalent of combining every paint color on a canvas: a murky mess. When Jamie (Elizabeth Rice), a Chicago reporter, learns that Anna, her sister, has died in Singapore, she heads there to investigate. The police show her a video of Anna asphyxiating herself. But Jamie soon finds that Anna may have encountered a demonic entity in her home, which might also threaten Anna’s young daughter, Katie (Adina Herz). As it happens, Anna’s house has a history of family homicide. And other grisly deaths around the city seem connected as well. I could recite a list of the hoary supernatural-invasion clichés on parade here, but suffice it to say that the only innovations appear to be garments flying off an outdoor clothesline and, um, a suspicious deep-sea-diving helmet. Through two investigating priests (Colin Borgonon and Adrian Pang), we learn that a plot is brewing to resurrect the biblical Tower of Babel; evidently, binary code has become the one planetary language that the Bible warned us against. And a monster, the leviathan, is on its way, too. It all leads to the possession of Katie and a demon-eviction ceremony featuring, yes, the spinning-head effect straight out of “The Exorcist.” “If you never believed in God, now’s the time you do,” a priest says. But no amount of faith can redeem this sorry enterprise.` for post `Across the Sea of Time (1995)` ...
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] Record #37
[16:32:37] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:37] Combine all data for post `It Takes Two (1995)`...
[16:32:37] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `It Takes Two (1995)`...
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[16:32:37] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `It Takes Two (1995)` ...
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `It Takes Two (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `It Takes Two (1995)` ...
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `It Takes Two (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `It Takes Two (1995)` ...
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:37] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:37] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `It Takes Two (1995)` ...
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Marianne’s radio silence is a storytelling contrivance (for personal reasons, Ms. Swinton agreed to appear in the movie if she didn’t speak), but it adds to the character’s celebrity aura and deepens the sense of isolation conveyed by the location. And while Marianne whispers when she feels like it, her relative silence works both for Ms. Swinton — it draws you closer to her — and for Mr. Guadagnino, a voluptuary who revels in the surface beauty of the natural and unnatural worlds. Marianne and Paul’s private bliss-out is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of an old friend, a music producer, Harry (a sensational Ralph Fiennes), a motormouth who roars in with his daughter, Penelope (Dakota Johnson). She’s recently learned that Harry is her father and now, for reasons that thicken the mystery, he has dragged her to Pantelleria without a hotel reservation, which is how they end up crashing at Marianne and Paul’s hideaway. There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. Consciously or not, Mr. Guadagnino makes a more convincing political case when he just lets his characters meander and do what they do best, which is living idly, fabulously. You could read an entire history of civilization and capitalism in how Marianne drapes her legs across a lounger or strides into a humble Italian home to sample some homemade ricotta. Ms. Swinton conveys casual entitlement like someone to the manner born, which gives Marianne’s teasing exchanges with Harry an increasingly discomfiting quality. Harry has come to the island for something he feverishly wants and believes he needs. He’s a man on a desperate mission, one that Mr. Fiennes, with a wildly flapping mouth and manic limbs, turns into a raw, indelible portrait of loss. “A Bigger Splash” is rated R (under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Adults behaving like adults, only naughtier and far nastier. Running time: 2 hours 4 minutes.` for post `Restoration (1995)` ...
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A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). 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New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. 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But this very crowded, reasonably enjoyable installment in the Avengers cycle — written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo — reveals, even more than its predecessors, an essential truth about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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[16:32:39] Record #49
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[16:32:39] Record #51
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[16:32:39] Combine all data for post `Lamerica (1994)`...
[16:32:39] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Lamerica (1994)`...
[16:32:39] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1743`...
[16:32:39] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Lamerica (1994)`
[16:32:39] CREATING `Lamerica (1994)` `Resource`
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[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Lamerica (1994)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:39] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:39] ---
[16:32:39] Record #52
[16:32:39] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:39] Combine all data for post `Big Green, The (1995)`...
[16:32:39] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Big Green, The (1995)`...
[16:32:39] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1744`...
[16:32:39] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Big Green, The (1995)`
[16:32:39] CREATING `Big Green, The (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:39] Associate post `Big Green, The (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:39] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/156432` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `“Elstree 1976,” a documentary both sweet and bittersweet, might sound as if it’s only for “Star Wars” nerds. But in telling a small story of bit players, the director, Jon Spira, captures a more universal picture of the droplets of fame created by a pop-culture tidal wave. The film checks in on a handful of actors who played small parts in the original “Star Wars,” parts of which were filmed at Elstree Studios near London. They include Dave Prowse, who played Darth Vader (though that character’s memorable voice was provided by James Earl Jones), a few other named characters, and some extras who appeared only as Stormtroopers or faces in a crowd. Their anecdotes about how they came to be in the movie and their experiences during filming are delightful, but Mr. Spira also finds a certain melancholy in their tales. Some view their “Star Wars” moment as just a blip in a long life. Others have embraced the culture that sprang up around the movie, working the convention circuit, and the glimpses of that world are sad somehow, especially the descriptions of a hierarchy in which actors who had defined roles look down on mere extras. “Star Wars” fans will, of course, love this film, but it’s also a thought-provoking exploration of the dawning of our current age, in which level of fame doesn’t necessarily match up with level of genuine accomplishment, and individuals can find themselves transformed by fast-moving fads and phenomena beyond their control.` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Big Green, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:39] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:39] Record #53
[16:32:39] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:39] Combine all data for post `Georgia (1995)`...
[16:32:39] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Georgia (1995)`...
[16:32:39] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1745`...
[16:32:39] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Georgia (1995)`
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[16:32:39] Associate post `Georgia (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:39] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Georgia (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Georgia (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Georgia (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Georgia (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Georgia (1995)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:39] Record #60
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[16:32:39] Combine all data for post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)`...
[16:32:39] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)`...
[16:32:39] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1752`...
[16:32:39] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)`
[16:32:39] CREATING `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:39] Associate post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)` with current import ...
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:39] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:39] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)` ...
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:39] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:39] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:39] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:40] ---
[16:32:40] Record #61
[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:40] Combine all data for post `Two if by Sea (1996)`...
[16:32:40] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Two if by Sea (1996)`...
[16:32:40] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1753`...
[16:32:40] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Two if by Sea (1996)`
[16:32:40] CREATING `Two if by Sea (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:40] Associate post `Two if by Sea (1996)` with current import ...
[16:32:40] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Two if by Sea (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:40] ---
[16:32:40] Record #62
[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:40] Combine all data for post `Bio-Dome (1996)`...
[16:32:40] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Bio-Dome (1996)`...
[16:32:40] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1754`...
[16:32:40] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Bio-Dome (1996)`
[16:32:40] CREATING `Bio-Dome (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:40] Associate post `Bio-Dome (1996)` with current import ...
[16:32:40] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/166272` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `An early scene in “Men & Chicken” shows the actor Mads Mikkelsen, with curly hair and a mustache, in the role of Elias, on an awkward date with a woman he met online. She says she is impressed that Elias made the date to begin with because her profile picture, which shows her in a wheelchair, has turned off other men. Expressing interest in her job as a psychiatrist, Elias describes a dream, one in which he rapes a bird of some sort. His date interjects questions; Elias responds with annoyance, questioning her competence as a therapist. He subsequently retires to the men’s room and begins to masturbate in a stall. Yes. “Men & Chicken” is that kind of movie. He’s interrupted by a phone call from his brother Gabriel (David Dencik), who tells Elias that their father has died. It’s even more of that kind of movie when Elias and Gabriel discover their dead father is not their real father. The comically dimwitted brothers trek to a remote Danish island, where they discover three more brothers, who are loath to let the interlopers see the patriarch. Slapstick violence collides with an air of rot, and for a time the movie feels like a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a vintage Three Stooges short. And then there are the mutated chickens. All the weirdness is orchestrated with surprising understatement by the writer and director Anders Thomas Jensen, a well-established screenwriter and a bit of a cult figure, directorially, in his native land. The movie’s grave commitment to its own quirkiness is admirable, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to recommend it.` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Bio-Dome (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:40] ---
[16:32:40] Record #63
[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:40] Combine all data for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)`...
[16:32:40] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)`...
[16:32:40] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1755`...
[16:32:40] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)`
[16:32:40] CREATING `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:40] Associate post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` with current import ...
[16:32:40] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/166838` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The unofficial conclusion of an unofficial trilogy of holiday-themed multistar comedy vehicles directed by Garry Marshall, “Mother’s Day” has its perfunctory heart exactly where any experienced viewer would expect it to be. That is, in a fantasy world where, among other things, one older mother’s lifetime of bigotry can be cured by half an afternoon spent with a mixed-race child. The major players in this movie of intertwined story lines include Kate Hudson as a daughter and mom addicted to secrets; Jennifer Aniston as a frazzled divorced mom superirritated by her ex, played by Timothy Olyphant (who’s clearly dying to star in a biopic of Billy Bob Thornton); Julia Roberts as a high-powered childless career woman; and Britt Robertson as a young single mom who’s loath to marry her winsome British boyfriend because of her ambivalence about having been adopted. You will guess, immediately, who her mom turns out to be. The movie, a goopy, glossy mess with 10 times more respect for contrived sentimentality than for film grammar, is bereft of genuinely amusing jokes — Mr. Marshall really had some nerve naming his autobiography “Wake Me When It’s Funny.” Which is not to say the film lacks entertainment value. There’s unusual imagery, in the form of Ms. Roberts’s recycled wig. (Perhaps she had hoped to pass for a Julia Roberts impersonator.) There’s suspense, as when Jason Sudeikis, playing a single dad, sings “The Humpty Dance” for a roomful of children, and you wonder if he’ll make it to the line “I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.” And there are laughs, albeit inadvertent; the biggest comes courtesy of the production’s no-doubt overworked sound department, when Ms. Robertson utters “I have abandonment issues” without moving her mouth. GLENN KENNY “Mother’s Day” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for language of the sort that your mom may use with you if you take her to see this movie.` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] Record #64
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[16:32:40] Combine all data for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)`...
[16:32:40] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)`...
[16:32:40] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1756`...
[16:32:40] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)`
[16:32:40] CREATING `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:40] Associate post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:40] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `French Twist (Gazon maudit) (1995)` ...
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[16:32:40] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
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[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:40] Record #65
[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:40] Combine all data for post `Friday (1995)`...
[16:32:40] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Friday (1995)`...
[16:32:40] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1757`...
[16:32:40] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Friday (1995)`
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[16:32:40] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `One night, Nina Simone, the great jazz singer, composer and pianist, now semiretired on the French Riviera, calls up her old friend Richard Pryor. It’s the 1990s, and both of them have seen better days. His first words to her are “Can you imagine?,” and while he’s referring to his own struggles with addiction and illness, his question haunts “Nina,” a sincere and spectacularly misbegotten new biopic. While the movie may invite us to imagine its subject’s extraordinary life, it frustrates our ability to do so at every turn. The conversation with Pryor, who is played by Mike Epps, is a perfect example. A flashback establishes that they performed together back in the ’60s, but it’s gone before any historical or emotional significance has registered. In its wake there is a lingering flicker of curiosity. Nina Simone and Richard Pryor were friends. Wouldn’t that make an interesting movie? There are so many interesting movies hovering in the air, none of them the one onscreen. “Nina,” written and directed by Cynthia Mort, has taken a long time to arrive in theaters. In the months leading up to its release, the film has been criticized for casting Zoe Saldana, who is also credited as an executive producer, in the title role. The real Nina Simone had much darker skin than Ms. Saldana, whose participation has sparked renewed discussion about persistent color bias in popular culture. The fact that her complexion, like her accent, seems to shift from one scene to the next is unlikely to help. But the problems with “Nina” are more than skin deep. Ms. Saldana does her own singing, and while she has a fine voice, she lacks Ms. Simone’s lower register range and the uniquely Simonean tonal quality that was somehow both raw and silken, furious and sad. Still, the film, shot in cool, soft, vintagey colors by Mihai Malaimare Jr., works better as a lounge act than as a biography. The songs (including “Four Women,” “Wild Is the Wind,” “My Baby Just Cares for Me” and “See-Line Woman”) are still great. Even so, those interested in Simone’s art should listen to her records. Those curious about her life can check out “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” Liz Garbus’s recent, and excellent, documentary. Many of the important facts in that movie appear as footnotes or flashbacks in this one. An early scene shows Simone as a teenage piano prodigy in North Carolina, insisting that her parents be seated in the segregated hall where she is performing. Later, in an interview on French radio, she recalls her Juilliard education and her rejection from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, which had no place for a young black woman interested in classical music. We catch a glimpse of her composing “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” in the company of its inspiration, the playwright Lorraine Hansberry. We learn that she had a daughter and was active in the civil rights movement. But the threads that would connect these data points into something coherent — let alone revelatory, moving or provocative — are never supplied. Instead, we are treated to a bizarre, shambling drama about Simone’s relationship, in her last decade, with Clifton Henderson (David Oyelowo), who was her assistant and then her manager. They meet in Los Angeles, where Simone has been placed in a psychiatric ward after pulling a gun on a record-company executive. Clifton, a nurse, treats her kindly and is aware of her fame, so she drops some cash on him (literally) and spirits him away to the South of France, where she leads a dissipated expat life. Existing on Champagne and cigarettes, she pouts and sleeps and swears at poor Clifton, refusing to eat the food he prepares her and occasionally throwing things at him. In her early 60s, she still intermittently performs and records, but her erratic behavior, some of it the result of bipolar disorder, keeps her from the comeback she desires and deserves. To the extent that “Nina” has a plot, it involves Clifton’s efforts to help her and preserve his own patience and dignity. But their interactions, too, feel like a weird cabaret act, or like outtakes from a sitcom about a crazy diva and her loyal servant. Ms. Mort’s writing lacks psychological texture, and her direction generates little intensity, or even continuity. To say nothing of relevance. Ms. Garbus’s documentary implicitly linked Simone’s public career and private travails to the racial and sexual politics of the present. There are few musicians whose work feels so permanently urgent, whose contribution still demands to be grappled with and understood. It gives me no pleasure to say that “Nina” contributes nothing to that understanding. “Nina” is not rated. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes.` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Friday (1995)` ...
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Ms. Saldana does her own singing, and while she has a fine voice, she lacks Ms. Simone’s lower register range and the uniquely Simonean tonal quality that was somehow both raw and silken, furious and sad. Still, the film, shot in cool, soft, vintagey colors by Mihai Malaimare Jr., works better as a lounge act than as a biography. The songs (including “Four Women,” “Wild Is the Wind,” “My Baby Just Cares for Me” and “See-Line Woman”) are still great. Even so, those interested in Simone’s art should listen to her records. Those curious about her life can check out “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” Liz Garbus’s recent, and excellent, documentary. Many of the important facts in that movie appear as footnotes or flashbacks in this one. An early scene shows Simone as a teenage piano prodigy in North Carolina, insisting that her parents be seated in the segregated hall where she is performing. Later, in an interview on French radio, she recalls her Juilliard education and her rejection from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, which had no place for a young black woman interested in classical music. We catch a glimpse of her composing “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” in the company of its inspiration, the playwright Lorraine Hansberry. We learn that she had a daughter and was active in the civil rights movement. But the threads that would connect these data points into something coherent — let alone revelatory, moving or provocative — are never supplied. Instead, we are treated to a bizarre, shambling drama about Simone’s relationship, in her last decade, with Clifton Henderson (David Oyelowo), who was her assistant and then her manager. They meet in Los Angeles, where Simone has been placed in a psychiatric ward after pulling a gun on a record-company executive. 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[16:32:40] Record #67
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Fair Game (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Fair Game (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/169308` for post `Fair Game (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Fair Game (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Fair Game (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Fair Game (1995)` ...
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] Record #68
[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:40] Combine all data for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)`...
[16:32:40] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)`...
[16:32:40] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1760`...
[16:32:40] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Kicking and Screaming (1995)`
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:40] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Kicking and Screaming (1995)` ...
[16:32:40] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:40] Record #69
[16:32:40] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:40] Combine all data for post `Misérables, Les (1995)`...
[16:32:40] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Misérables, Les (1995)`...
[16:32:40] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1761`...
[16:32:40] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Misérables, Les (1995)`
[16:32:40] CREATING `Misérables, Les (1995)` `Resource`
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[16:32:41] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Misérables, Les (1995)` ...
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] Record #70
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[16:32:41] Combine all data for post `Bed of Roses (1996)`...
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[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Bed of Roses (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Bed of Roses (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Bed of Roses (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Bed of Roses (1996)` ...
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Bed of Roses (1996)` ...
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Bed of Roses (1996)` ...
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Bed of Roses (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Bed of Roses (1996)` ...
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:41] Record #71
[16:32:41] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:41] Combine all data for post `Screamers (1995)`...
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[16:32:41] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1763`...
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[16:32:41] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Screamers (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] Record #73
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[16:32:41] Combine all data for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)`...
[16:32:41] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)`...
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[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Crossing Guard, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] Record #74
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[16:32:41] Combine all data for post `Juror, The (1996)`...
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Juror, The (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Juror, The (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Juror, The (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Juror, The (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Juror, The (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Juror, The (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Juror, The (1996)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `White Balloon, The (Badkonake sefid) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `White Balloon, The (Badkonake sefid) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `White Balloon, The (Badkonake sefid) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] IMAGES:
[16:32:41] TAXONOMIES:
[16:32:41] - Importing taxonomy `resource_category` ...
[16:32:41] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:41] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:41] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:41] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:41] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:41] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:41] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:41] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:41] ---
[16:32:41] Record #76
[16:32:41] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:41] Combine all data for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)`...
[16:32:41] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)`...
[16:32:41] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1768`...
[16:32:41] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)`
[16:32:41] CREATING `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:41] Associate post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:41] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/176621` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Kelvin Tong’s “The Offering,” a muddled horror film, falls over itself incorporating as many genre elements as possible. The result is the cinematic equivalent of combining every paint color on a canvas: a murky mess. When Jamie (Elizabeth Rice), a Chicago reporter, learns that Anna, her sister, has died in Singapore, she heads there to investigate. The police show her a video of Anna asphyxiating herself. But Jamie soon finds that Anna may have encountered a demonic entity in her home, which might also threaten Anna’s young daughter, Katie (Adina Herz). As it happens, Anna’s house has a history of family homicide. And other grisly deaths around the city seem connected as well. I could recite a list of the hoary supernatural-invasion clichés on parade here, but suffice it to say that the only innovations appear to be garments flying off an outdoor clothesline and, um, a suspicious deep-sea-diving helmet. Through two investigating priests (Colin Borgonon and Adrian Pang), we learn that a plot is brewing to resurrect the biblical Tower of Babel; evidently, binary code has become the one planetary language that the Bible warned us against. And a monster, the leviathan, is on its way, too. It all leads to the possession of Katie and a demon-eviction ceremony featuring, yes, the spinning-head effect straight out of “The Exorcist.” “If you never believed in God, now’s the time you do,” a priest says. But no amount of faith can redeem this sorry enterprise.` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Kelvin Tong’s “The Offering,” a muddled horror film, falls over itself incorporating as many genre elements as possible. The result is the cinematic equivalent of combining every paint color on a canvas: a murky mess. When Jamie (Elizabeth Rice), a Chicago reporter, learns that Anna, her sister, has died in Singapore, she heads there to investigate. The police show her a video of Anna asphyxiating herself. But Jamie soon finds that Anna may have encountered a demonic entity in her home, which might also threaten Anna’s young daughter, Katie (Adina Herz). As it happens, Anna’s house has a history of family homicide. And other grisly deaths around the city seem connected as well. I could recite a list of the hoary supernatural-invasion clichés on parade here, but suffice it to say that the only innovations appear to be garments flying off an outdoor clothesline and, um, a suspicious deep-sea-diving helmet. Through two investigating priests (Colin Borgonon and Adrian Pang), we learn that a plot is brewing to resurrect the biblical Tower of Babel; evidently, binary code has become the one planetary language that the Bible warned us against. And a monster, the leviathan, is on its way, too. It all leads to the possession of Katie and a demon-eviction ceremony featuring, yes, the spinning-head effect straight out of “The Exorcist.” “If you never believed in God, now’s the time you do,” a priest says. But no amount of faith can redeem this sorry enterprise.` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] IMAGES:
[16:32:41] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:41] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:41] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:41] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:41] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:41] CREATED `Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)` `Resource` (ID: 2403)
[16:32:41] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:41] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:41] ---
[16:32:41] Record #77
[16:32:41] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:41] Combine all data for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)`...
[16:32:41] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)`...
[16:32:41] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1769`...
[16:32:41] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)`
[16:32:41] CREATING `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:41] Associate post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:41] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `The Whit Stillman-esque romantic melodrama “Those People” goes to great lengths to humanize Manhattan’s upper crust, with generally successful results. Its hero, Charlie (Jonathan Gordon), a gay 27-year-old painter in graduate school, may have been raised among the Upper East Side elite, but that doesn’t keep him from agonized ambivalence when it comes to love. Even in his Manhattan of formal wear, glowing interiors, glittering nighttime streets and leisurely affluence, heartbreak rears its ugly head. Charlie has pined for his childhood friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) for years. But the dissolute Sebastian — whose Bernie Madoff-like father has just been sent to prison for defrauding his moneyed peers out of millions — keeps Charlie at arm’s length, playing coy. When Charlie catches the eye of the worldly, slightly older Tim (Haaz Sleiman), a barroom musician and accomplished classical pianist, jealousies and long-repressed feelings emerge amid passionate hookups and tearful confrontations. Just whom will Charlie choose? The director, Joey Kuhn, making his feature debut from his own script, has created fairly credible and sympathetic characters, despite the 1-percenter milieu. The actors, especially Mr. Ralph, who could pass for a distant cousin of Dane DeHaan, are equally persuasive, though the plot’s contrivances eventually wear thin. It’s unfortunate that female characters, including Charlie’s mother (Allison Mackie) and Charlie and Sebastian’s friend Ursula (Britt Lower), compared with the men, are given short shrift. But thanks to the cinematographer Leonard D’Antoni, the locations, including Lincoln Center and the High Line, have rarely looked lovelier.` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/176817` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The Whit Stillman-esque romantic melodrama “Those People” goes to great lengths to humanize Manhattan’s upper crust, with generally successful results. Its hero, Charlie (Jonathan Gordon), a gay 27-year-old painter in graduate school, may have been raised among the Upper East Side elite, but that doesn’t keep him from agonized ambivalence when it comes to love. Even in his Manhattan of formal wear, glowing interiors, glittering nighttime streets and leisurely affluence, heartbreak rears its ugly head. Charlie has pined for his childhood friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) for years. But the dissolute Sebastian — whose Bernie Madoff-like father has just been sent to prison for defrauding his moneyed peers out of millions — keeps Charlie at arm’s length, playing coy. When Charlie catches the eye of the worldly, slightly older Tim (Haaz Sleiman), a barroom musician and accomplished classical pianist, jealousies and long-repressed feelings emerge amid passionate hookups and tearful confrontations. Just whom will Charlie choose? The director, Joey Kuhn, making his feature debut from his own script, has created fairly credible and sympathetic characters, despite the 1-percenter milieu. The actors, especially Mr. Ralph, who could pass for a distant cousin of Dane DeHaan, are equally persuasive, though the plot’s contrivances eventually wear thin. It’s unfortunate that female characters, including Charlie’s mother (Allison Mackie) and Charlie and Sebastian’s friend Ursula (Britt Lower), compared with the men, are given short shrift. But thanks to the cinematographer Leonard D’Antoni, the locations, including Lincoln Center and the High Line, have rarely looked lovelier.` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The Whit Stillman-esque romantic melodrama “Those People” goes to great lengths to humanize Manhattan’s upper crust, with generally successful results. Its hero, Charlie (Jonathan Gordon), a gay 27-year-old painter in graduate school, may have been raised among the Upper East Side elite, but that doesn’t keep him from agonized ambivalence when it comes to love. Even in his Manhattan of formal wear, glowing interiors, glittering nighttime streets and leisurely affluence, heartbreak rears its ugly head. Charlie has pined for his childhood friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) for years. But the dissolute Sebastian — whose Bernie Madoff-like father has just been sent to prison for defrauding his moneyed peers out of millions — keeps Charlie at arm’s length, playing coy. When Charlie catches the eye of the worldly, slightly older Tim (Haaz Sleiman), a barroom musician and accomplished classical pianist, jealousies and long-repressed feelings emerge amid passionate hookups and tearful confrontations. Just whom will Charlie choose? The director, Joey Kuhn, making his feature debut from his own script, has created fairly credible and sympathetic characters, despite the 1-percenter milieu. The actors, especially Mr. Ralph, who could pass for a distant cousin of Dane DeHaan, are equally persuasive, though the plot’s contrivances eventually wear thin. It’s unfortunate that female characters, including Charlie’s mother (Allison Mackie) and Charlie and Sebastian’s friend Ursula (Britt Lower), compared with the men, are given short shrift. But thanks to the cinematographer Leonard D’Antoni, the locations, including Lincoln Center and the High Line, have rarely looked lovelier.` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:41] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Antonia's Line (Antonia) (1995)` ...
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:41] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:41] Record #79
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[16:32:42] Record #81
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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Dunston Checks In (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:42] Record #83
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[16:32:42] Combine all data for post `Black Sheep (1996)`...
[16:32:42] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Black Sheep (1996)`...
[16:32:42] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1775`...
[16:32:42] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Black Sheep (1996)`
[16:32:42] CREATING `Black Sheep (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:42] Associate post `Black Sheep (1996)` with current import ...
[16:32:42] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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The scenes in which he wanders through this desolate ghost city, which seems in a state of suspension, are among the film’s strongest. Jet-lagged and sleep-deprived, Alan tries in vain to find his bearings, while obsessing about a strange lump on his back that he unsuccessfully tries to remove. His tentative surgery on himself leads him to consult Zahra Hakem (Sarita Choudhury, from “Homeland”), a Saudi doctor with whom he develops an unlikely romantic connection. A screen adaptation of “A Hologram for the King” could have taken any of several approaches. It could have been a satire of American provincialism and culture clash in a tech-dependent world, with Alan portrayed as a bumbling, overconfident fool living in the past. But Mr. Hanks’s embodiment of an unflappably positive, if frustrated, American Everyman, who refuses to give up or to surrender his can-do attitude, grounds the movie. Somehow, you suspect, his situation will be resolved by good old-fashioned American know-how. Alan becomes infuriated but never enraged. Confronting disaster, he grits his teeth and puts on an optimistic face. Mr. Hanks, in his best clownish mode, scrunches his features into all manner of amusing grimaces. But even when Alan is on the brink of nervous exhaustion, you trust him to find the answers. The movie’s weaker scenes try to fill in his background and family history with flashbacks, in which we meet his ex-wife and daughter, whose college tuition he can’t afford. His father (Tom Skerritt) bitterly deplores the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. As a former executive for the Schwinn Bicycle Company, Alan, we learn, once shipped jobs abroad. Much of “A Hologram for the King” feels like science fiction. We’re familiar with pictures of the futuristic towers of Dubai, flickering in the heat. But this partly constructed ghost town in the middle of a desert suggests an outpost in a different galaxy, where Alan and his team resemble a befuddled, less confident Captain Kirk and his crew waiting for the aliens to reveal themselves. Alan’s guide on this faraway planet is Yousef (Alexander Black), a goofy, oddly paranoid taxi driver who is obsessed with loud American rock music. Their scenes come the closest to traditional comedy. “A Hologram for the King” ponders a modern world in the thrall of illusions. Of what essential use is a holographic teleconferencing system, we are never told. In their semireality, the King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade and the ghostly holograms Alan is selling might just as well be a desert mirage. “A Hologram for the King” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for some sexuality and nudity, strong language and brief drug use. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/182807` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `It takes an actor with the finesse of Tom Hanks to turn a story of confusion, perplexity, frustration and panic into an agreeably uncomfortable comedy. But that’s what Mr. Hanks accomplishes in the German filmmaker Tom Tykwer’s easygoing screen adaptation of Dave Eggers’s novel “A Hologram for the King.” This fanciful tale about Alan Clay, an American consultant visiting Saudi Arabia to sell a holographic teleconferencing system to the Saudi government, has been transformed through the force of Mr. Hanks’s nice-guy personality. His performance elevates an ominous, downbeat reflection on American decline and runaway technology into a subdued absurdist farce with dark geopolitical undercurrents. The movie is set in 2010, when America was still reeling from the financial crisis and months before the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings that eventually transformed much of the Middle East into a grisly battleground. 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Instead of a modern hotel, Alan finds his assistants languishing in a sweltering tent without air-conditioning or Wi-Fi in the King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade, a fictionalized version of King Abdullah Economic City. This metropolis, still under construction, consists of mostly empty skyscrapers. The scenes in which he wanders through this desolate ghost city, which seems in a state of suspension, are among the film’s strongest. Jet-lagged and sleep-deprived, Alan tries in vain to find his bearings, while obsessing about a strange lump on his back that he unsuccessfully tries to remove. His tentative surgery on himself leads him to consult Zahra Hakem (Sarita Choudhury, from “Homeland”), a Saudi doctor with whom he develops an unlikely romantic connection. A screen adaptation of “A Hologram for the King” could have taken any of several approaches. It could have been a satire of American provincialism and culture clash in a tech-dependent world, with Alan portrayed as a bumbling, overconfident fool living in the past. But Mr. Hanks’s embodiment of an unflappably positive, if frustrated, American Everyman, who refuses to give up or to surrender his can-do attitude, grounds the movie. Somehow, you suspect, his situation will be resolved by good old-fashioned American know-how. Alan becomes infuriated but never enraged. Confronting disaster, he grits his teeth and puts on an optimistic face. Mr. Hanks, in his best clownish mode, scrunches his features into all manner of amusing grimaces. But even when Alan is on the brink of nervous exhaustion, you trust him to find the answers. The movie’s weaker scenes try to fill in his background and family history with flashbacks, in which we meet his ex-wife and daughter, whose college tuition he can’t afford. His father (Tom Skerritt) bitterly deplores the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. As a former executive for the Schwinn Bicycle Company, Alan, we learn, once shipped jobs abroad. Much of “A Hologram for the King” feels like science fiction. We’re familiar with pictures of the futuristic towers of Dubai, flickering in the heat. But this partly constructed ghost town in the middle of a desert suggests an outpost in a different galaxy, where Alan and his team resemble a befuddled, less confident Captain Kirk and his crew waiting for the aliens to reveal themselves. Alan’s guide on this faraway planet is Yousef (Alexander Black), a goofy, oddly paranoid taxi driver who is obsessed with loud American rock music. Their scenes come the closest to traditional comedy. “A Hologram for the King” ponders a modern world in the thrall of illusions. Of what essential use is a holographic teleconferencing system, we are never told. In their semireality, the King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade and the ghostly holograms Alan is selling might just as well be a desert mirage. “A Hologram for the King” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for some sexuality and nudity, strong language and brief drug use. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `It takes an actor with the finesse of Tom Hanks to turn a story of confusion, perplexity, frustration and panic into an agreeably uncomfortable comedy. But that’s what Mr. Hanks accomplishes in the German filmmaker Tom Tykwer’s easygoing screen adaptation of Dave Eggers’s novel “A Hologram for the King.” This fanciful tale about Alan Clay, an American consultant visiting Saudi Arabia to sell a holographic teleconferencing system to the Saudi government, has been transformed through the force of Mr. Hanks’s nice-guy personality. His performance elevates an ominous, downbeat reflection on American decline and runaway technology into a subdued absurdist farce with dark geopolitical undercurrents. The movie is set in 2010, when America was still reeling from the financial crisis and months before the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings that eventually transformed much of the Middle East into a grisly battleground. In the surreal opening scene, Alan walks down a suburban street, loudly singing the Talking Heads song “Once in a Lifetime,” whose narrator asks you to imagine losing your house and your wife. All at once, we have landed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in a topsy-turvy world of technological disruption and hierarchal imbalance. Alan is in a wretched state when he arrives. 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The scenes in which he wanders through this desolate ghost city, which seems in a state of suspension, are among the film’s strongest. Jet-lagged and sleep-deprived, Alan tries in vain to find his bearings, while obsessing about a strange lump on his back that he unsuccessfully tries to remove. His tentative surgery on himself leads him to consult Zahra Hakem (Sarita Choudhury, from “Homeland”), a Saudi doctor with whom he develops an unlikely romantic connection. A screen adaptation of “A Hologram for the King” could have taken any of several approaches. It could have been a satire of American provincialism and culture clash in a tech-dependent world, with Alan portrayed as a bumbling, overconfident fool living in the past. But Mr. Hanks’s embodiment of an unflappably positive, if frustrated, American Everyman, who refuses to give up or to surrender his can-do attitude, grounds the movie. Somehow, you suspect, his situation will be resolved by good old-fashioned American know-how. Alan becomes infuriated but never enraged. Confronting disaster, he grits his teeth and puts on an optimistic face. Mr. Hanks, in his best clownish mode, scrunches his features into all manner of amusing grimaces. But even when Alan is on the brink of nervous exhaustion, you trust him to find the answers. The movie’s weaker scenes try to fill in his background and family history with flashbacks, in which we meet his ex-wife and daughter, whose college tuition he can’t afford. His father (Tom Skerritt) bitterly deplores the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. As a former executive for the Schwinn Bicycle Company, Alan, we learn, once shipped jobs abroad. Much of “A Hologram for the King” feels like science fiction. We’re familiar with pictures of the futuristic towers of Dubai, flickering in the heat. But this partly constructed ghost town in the middle of a desert suggests an outpost in a different galaxy, where Alan and his team resemble a befuddled, less confident Captain Kirk and his crew waiting for the aliens to reveal themselves. Alan’s guide on this faraway planet is Yousef (Alexander Black), a goofy, oddly paranoid taxi driver who is obsessed with loud American rock music. Their scenes come the closest to traditional comedy. “A Hologram for the King” ponders a modern world in the thrall of illusions. Of what essential use is a holographic teleconferencing system, we are never told. In their semireality, the King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade and the ghostly holograms Alan is selling might just as well be a desert mirage. “A Hologram for the King” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for some sexuality and nudity, strong language and brief drug use. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Black Sheep (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:42] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:42] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:42] ---
[16:32:42] Record #84
[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:42] Combine all data for post `Nick of Time (1995)`...
[16:32:42] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Nick of Time (1995)`...
[16:32:42] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1776`...
[16:32:42] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Nick of Time (1995)`
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[16:32:42] Associate post `Nick of Time (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:42] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/182916` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Nick of Time (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:42] Record #85
[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:42] Combine all data for post `Mary Reilly (1996)`...
[16:32:42] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Mary Reilly (1996)`...
[16:32:42] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1777`...
[16:32:42] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Mary Reilly (1996)`
[16:32:42] CREATING `Mary Reilly (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:42] Associate post `Mary Reilly (1996)` with current import ...
[16:32:42] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/183498` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Brian (Brian Sheppard) is a poet seeking more than a quick hookup. The infuriatingly bratty Jim (Zack Ryan), an aspiring actor, is the live-in boyfriend of Drew (Colman Domingo), an older world-famous metal sculptor who adores him. But Jim is so jealous of Drew’s devotion to art that he feels neglected and threatens to move out. Bob (John Lescault) is a rich, sleazy Hollywood talent agent in his mid-60s who cruises around in a white limousine looking to pay for sex. Why he’s in Philadelphia, of all cities, is never explained. The gay street scene depicted in the movie feels more like the 1970s than now, and the film’s dominant mood is one of feverish desperation and hunger. Lessons are learned, but the movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Brian (Brian Sheppard) is a poet seeking more than a quick hookup. The infuriatingly bratty Jim (Zack Ryan), an aspiring actor, is the live-in boyfriend of Drew (Colman Domingo), an older world-famous metal sculptor who adores him. But Jim is so jealous of Drew’s devotion to art that he feels neglected and threatens to move out. Bob (John Lescault) is a rich, sleazy Hollywood talent agent in his mid-60s who cruises around in a white limousine looking to pay for sex. Why he’s in Philadelphia, of all cities, is never explained. The gay street scene depicted in the movie feels more like the 1970s than now, and the film’s dominant mood is one of feverish desperation and hunger. Lessons are learned, but the movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Mary Reilly (1996)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:42] Record #86
[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:42] Combine all data for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)`...
[16:32:42] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)`...
[16:32:42] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1778`...
[16:32:42] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)`
[16:32:42] CREATING `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:42] Associate post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:42] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)` ...
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[16:32:42] Record #88
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A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). 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[16:32:42] Record #91
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[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `Take an aging white Jewish baker, add a young black Muslim immigrant, and what do you have? The ingredients for a pleasant but pat story in which bridges are built across religious, racial and generational divides in a way that happens far more often in feel-good movies than in real life. The film, directed by John Goldschmidt, is “Dough” and gives us Nat (Jonathan Pryce), whose kosher London bakery is struggling and facing a hostile takeover bid from a cutthroat developer who wants to tear it down. When Nat’s apprentice quits, he reluctantly hires Ayyash (Jerome Holder), a Muslim immigrant from Africa. Ayyash supplements the family income by selling marijuana on the side, and when he makes an unplanned recipe alteration and mixes some into the baked goods, business booms. The joke in which unlikely and unsuspecting people eat something with pot in it is by now rather worn out, but Mr. Pryce and especially Mr. Holder are appealing. There’s never much doubt where the story is going: Hardships will be endured, mutual respect will develop, bonding will occur, lessons will be learned, the forces of greed will be foiled. “Dough” is sweet, often funny and always nonthreatening, a movie for those who wish the intractable realities of the world would just disappear.` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/190543` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Take an aging white Jewish baker, add a young black Muslim immigrant, and what do you have? The ingredients for a pleasant but pat story in which bridges are built across religious, racial and generational divides in a way that happens far more often in feel-good movies than in real life. The film, directed by John Goldschmidt, is “Dough” and gives us Nat (Jonathan Pryce), whose kosher London bakery is struggling and facing a hostile takeover bid from a cutthroat developer who wants to tear it down. When Nat’s apprentice quits, he reluctantly hires Ayyash (Jerome Holder), a Muslim immigrant from Africa. Ayyash supplements the family income by selling marijuana on the side, and when he makes an unplanned recipe alteration and mixes some into the baked goods, business booms. The joke in which unlikely and unsuspecting people eat something with pot in it is by now rather worn out, but Mr. Pryce and especially Mr. Holder are appealing. There’s never much doubt where the story is going: Hardships will be endured, mutual respect will develop, bonding will occur, lessons will be learned, the forces of greed will be foiled. “Dough” is sweet, often funny and always nonthreatening, a movie for those who wish the intractable realities of the world would just disappear.` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Take an aging white Jewish baker, add a young black Muslim immigrant, and what do you have? The ingredients for a pleasant but pat story in which bridges are built across religious, racial and generational divides in a way that happens far more often in feel-good movies than in real life. The film, directed by John Goldschmidt, is “Dough” and gives us Nat (Jonathan Pryce), whose kosher London bakery is struggling and facing a hostile takeover bid from a cutthroat developer who wants to tear it down. When Nat’s apprentice quits, he reluctantly hires Ayyash (Jerome Holder), a Muslim immigrant from Africa. Ayyash supplements the family income by selling marijuana on the side, and when he makes an unplanned recipe alteration and mixes some into the baked goods, business booms. The joke in which unlikely and unsuspecting people eat something with pot in it is by now rather worn out, but Mr. Pryce and especially Mr. Holder are appealing. There’s never much doubt where the story is going: Hardships will be endured, mutual respect will develop, bonding will occur, lessons will be learned, the forces of greed will be foiled. “Dough” is sweet, often funny and always nonthreatening, a movie for those who wish the intractable realities of the world would just disappear.` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Shopping (1994)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] IMAGES:
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[16:32:42] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:42] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:42] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:42] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:42] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:42] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:42] ---
[16:32:42] Record #92
[16:32:42] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:42] Combine all data for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)`...
[16:32:42] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)`...
[16:32:42] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1784`...
[16:32:42] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)`
[16:32:42] CREATING `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:42] Associate post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:42] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/191436` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `“Elstree 1976,” a documentary both sweet and bittersweet, might sound as if it’s only for “Star Wars” nerds. But in telling a small story of bit players, the director, Jon Spira, captures a more universal picture of the droplets of fame created by a pop-culture tidal wave. The film checks in on a handful of actors who played small parts in the original “Star Wars,” parts of which were filmed at Elstree Studios near London. They include Dave Prowse, who played Darth Vader (though that character’s memorable voice was provided by James Earl Jones), a few other named characters, and some extras who appeared only as Stormtroopers or faces in a crowd. Their anecdotes about how they came to be in the movie and their experiences during filming are delightful, but Mr. Spira also finds a certain melancholy in their tales. Some view their “Star Wars” moment as just a blip in a long life. Others have embraced the culture that sprang up around the movie, working the convention circuit, and the glimpses of that world are sad somehow, especially the descriptions of a hierarchy in which actors who had defined roles look down on mere extras. “Star Wars” fans will, of course, love this film, but it’s also a thought-provoking exploration of the dawning of our current age, in which level of fame doesn’t necessarily match up with level of genuine accomplishment, and individuals can find themselves transformed by fast-moving fads and phenomena beyond their control.` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `“Elstree 1976,” a documentary both sweet and bittersweet, might sound as if it’s only for “Star Wars” nerds. But in telling a small story of bit players, the director, Jon Spira, captures a more universal picture of the droplets of fame created by a pop-culture tidal wave. The film checks in on a handful of actors who played small parts in the original “Star Wars,” parts of which were filmed at Elstree Studios near London. They include Dave Prowse, who played Darth Vader (though that character’s memorable voice was provided by James Earl Jones), a few other named characters, and some extras who appeared only as Stormtroopers or faces in a crowd. Their anecdotes about how they came to be in the movie and their experiences during filming are delightful, but Mr. Spira also finds a certain melancholy in their tales. Some view their “Star Wars” moment as just a blip in a long life. Others have embraced the culture that sprang up around the movie, working the convention circuit, and the glimpses of that world are sad somehow, especially the descriptions of a hierarchy in which actors who had defined roles look down on mere extras. “Star Wars” fans will, of course, love this film, but it’s also a thought-provoking exploration of the dawning of our current age, in which level of fame doesn’t necessarily match up with level of genuine accomplishment, and individuals can find themselves transformed by fast-moving fads and phenomena beyond their control.` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:42] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` ...
[16:32:42] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] IMAGES:
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[16:32:43] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:43] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:43] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:43] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:43] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:43] CREATED `Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)` `Resource` (ID: 2419)
[16:32:43] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:43] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:43] ---
[16:32:43] Record #93
[16:32:43] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:43] Combine all data for post `City Hall (1996)`...
[16:32:43] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `City Hall (1996)`...
[16:32:43] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1785`...
[16:32:43] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `City Hall (1996)`
[16:32:43] CREATING `City Hall (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:43] Associate post `City Hall (1996)` with current import ...
[16:32:43] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `City Hall (1996)` ...
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[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:43] Record #100
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[16:32:43] Combine all data for post `Catwalk (1996)`...
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[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:43] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
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[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/199829` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Everybody likes to spout grand-sounding ideas; no one likes to get into the messy area of carrying them out. A case in point: “Love Thy Nature,” an airy film by Sylvie Rokab that advocates redefining the relationship between humans and the natural world. Various theorists talk about the need to get away from the idea that people are supposed to subdue the Earth and toward the view that we are part of an interconnected planetary organism of sorts. The era of humans, we’re reminded, represents only a tiny fraction of Earth’s existence, and across those eons the planet has been continually evolving in ways that support a diversity of life. We need to figure out our place in this biosphere rather than try to conquer and exploit it. These ideas are presented via various talking heads and a narration read by Liam Neeson that represents “the voice of Sapiens,” while endless slow-motion footage of animals, plants and people rolls by. Hard realities, though, are nowhere to be found. Some of these experts like to talk in the “we”: “We’re starting to realize that we’re all kin, we’re all cousins,” Brian Swimme, a cosmologist, says in a segment that notes how much DNA humans share with trees. But who is this “we”? No one in this film acknowledges that a large number of humans deny global warming and still cheer the line “drill, baby, drill” when politicians hurl it. Even when it could be specific, “Love Thy Nature” isn’t. The idea of biomimicry — emulating proven solutions from the natural world to address human needs and problems — is discussed, but don’t expect many concrete examples. The film is useful enough as an introduction to such concepts, but it’s not willing to take on the difficult journey from theory to practice.` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:43] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Catwalk (1996)` ...
[16:32:43] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:43] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:44] Record #101
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Braveheart (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Braveheart (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1793`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Braveheart (1995)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Braveheart (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Braveheart (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/201204` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Braveheart (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:44] Record #102
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Taxi Driver (1976)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Taxi Driver (1976)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1794`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Taxi Driver (1976)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Taxi Driver (1976)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Taxi Driver (1976)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/202466` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Taxi Driver (1976)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:44] Record #103
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1795`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/205773` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Rumble in the Bronx (Hont faan kui) (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:44] ---
[16:32:44] Record #104
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Before and After (1996)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Before and After (1996)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1796`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Before and After (1996)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Before and After (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Before and After (1996)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/206200` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Before and After (1996)` ...
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[16:32:44] Record #106
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[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Young Poisoner's Handbook, The (1995)`...
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[16:32:44] Record #108
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/211157` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `If Lucy Fell (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:44] ---
[16:32:44] Record #109
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1801`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/211915` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
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[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:44] ---
[16:32:44] Record #110
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Boys of St. Vincent, The (1992)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Boys of St. Vincent, The (1992)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1802`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Boys of St. Vincent, The (1992)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Boys of St. Vincent, The (1992)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Boys of St. Vincent, The (1992)` with current import ...
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Boomerang (1992)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] IMAGES:
[16:32:44] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:44] ---
[16:32:44] Record #112
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1804`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/212907` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The drama of the gifted child is, at least in movies, a gift that keeps on giving. That’s particularly true in American independent cinema, with its stories of suffering children, monstrous mothers and abusive fathers. There are moments when it feels as if the movie you’re watching was written on a laptop propped up by a Syd Field screenwriting book and “The Drama of the Gifted Child,” Alice Miller’s 1979 book about children and parental narcissism. Act 1: Set up the wound. Act 2: Confront the wound. Act 3: Resolve the wound. “The Family Fang,” adapted from the Kevin Wilson novel, with a script by David Lindsay-Abaire, tells the story of another unhappy family. It turns on siblings, Annie (Nicole Kidman) and Baxter (Jason Bateman, who also directed), raised by wolves. Specifically, Caleb (Christopher Walken) and Camille (Maryann Plunkett), performance artists who once upon a time used their children in improvised public events. For Caleb and Camille — who referred to their kids as Child A and Child B — art came before everything, including health and safety. For years, the children smilingly played along. They were good little actors; they were also just artistic material, like clay. By the time the children are grown, the family dynamic has shifted in obvious and oblique ways. Annie and Baxter keep their physical distance from their parents. But the ties that bind body and soul are hard to cut, and the siblings are still playing supporting roles and still not in control of their lives. Annie is an actress seemingly on a downward spiral who, while shooting a movie, is resisting pressure to appear topless. Baxter is trying and failing to finish a second novel. Reluctantly, he takes a magazine assignment to write about war veterans, a gig that leads to a drunken, woodsy bacchanal with potato guns and lands him in a hospital with a head injury. The injury becomes the justification for one of those fraught family reunions filled with awkward silences, furious eruptions and hushed huddles. Caleb and Camille have faded, becoming art-history footnotes, but their hold on their children remains. That’s the story, at any rate, though it takes time to buy that any of these folks are related, partly because the more famous actors overwhelm their roles. In their early scenes together, the recessive Mr. Bateman (he’s an actor against which other actors bounce) and the industrious Ms. Kidman (you can see her working even when she goes blank) come across as two people who’ve just met. It’s especially implausible that their quirky yet bland characters could have sprung from the loins of an extraterrestrial like Mr. Walken. Everything shifts in a dinner scene when the family relations emerge with geometric clarity: the charming, domineering father who’s oblivious to the nervously accommodating mother and the exasperated, haplessly stuck adult children. Mr. Bateman’s direction of the actors is especially sensitive in this and other tricky scenes, showing a delicacy with emotional textures that isn’t always matched by the story, especially when Annie and Baxter speak in therapeutic clichés. Thankfully, most of these spill out late after the story has jumped around in time, toggling between the present and flashbacks to Caleb and Camille’s happenings (Jason Butler Harner and Kathryn Hahn play the younger versions). Those scenes expose the dangers of their performances but also the thrill. The tragedy isn’t that Caleb and Camille can’t tell the difference between art and life, but that they could make only one seem important. “The Family Fang” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Adult language. Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes.` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The drama of the gifted child is, at least in movies, a gift that keeps on giving. That’s particularly true in American independent cinema, with its stories of suffering children, monstrous mothers and abusive fathers. There are moments when it feels as if the movie you’re watching was written on a laptop propped up by a Syd Field screenwriting book and “The Drama of the Gifted Child,” Alice Miller’s 1979 book about children and parental narcissism. Act 1: Set up the wound. Act 2: Confront the wound. Act 3: Resolve the wound. “The Family Fang,” adapted from the Kevin Wilson novel, with a script by David Lindsay-Abaire, tells the story of another unhappy family. It turns on siblings, Annie (Nicole Kidman) and Baxter (Jason Bateman, who also directed), raised by wolves. Specifically, Caleb (Christopher Walken) and Camille (Maryann Plunkett), performance artists who once upon a time used their children in improvised public events. For Caleb and Camille — who referred to their kids as Child A and Child B — art came before everything, including health and safety. For years, the children smilingly played along. They were good little actors; they were also just artistic material, like clay. By the time the children are grown, the family dynamic has shifted in obvious and oblique ways. Annie and Baxter keep their physical distance from their parents. But the ties that bind body and soul are hard to cut, and the siblings are still playing supporting roles and still not in control of their lives. Annie is an actress seemingly on a downward spiral who, while shooting a movie, is resisting pressure to appear topless. Baxter is trying and failing to finish a second novel. Reluctantly, he takes a magazine assignment to write about war veterans, a gig that leads to a drunken, woodsy bacchanal with potato guns and lands him in a hospital with a head injury. The injury becomes the justification for one of those fraught family reunions filled with awkward silences, furious eruptions and hushed huddles. Caleb and Camille have faded, becoming art-history footnotes, but their hold on their children remains. That’s the story, at any rate, though it takes time to buy that any of these folks are related, partly because the more famous actors overwhelm their roles. In their early scenes together, the recessive Mr. Bateman (he’s an actor against which other actors bounce) and the industrious Ms. Kidman (you can see her working even when she goes blank) come across as two people who’ve just met. It’s especially implausible that their quirky yet bland characters could have sprung from the loins of an extraterrestrial like Mr. Walken. Everything shifts in a dinner scene when the family relations emerge with geometric clarity: the charming, domineering father who’s oblivious to the nervously accommodating mother and the exasperated, haplessly stuck adult children. Mr. Bateman’s direction of the actors is especially sensitive in this and other tricky scenes, showing a delicacy with emotional textures that isn’t always matched by the story, especially when Annie and Baxter speak in therapeutic clichés. Thankfully, most of these spill out late after the story has jumped around in time, toggling between the present and flashbacks to Caleb and Camille’s happenings (Jason Butler Harner and Kathryn Hahn play the younger versions). Those scenes expose the dangers of their performances but also the thrill. The tragedy isn’t that Caleb and Camille can’t tell the difference between art and life, but that they could make only one seem important. “The Family Fang” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Adult language. Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes.` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] IMAGES:
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[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:44] CREATED `Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2439)
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:44] ---
[16:32:44] Record #113
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1805`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Star Maker, The (Uomo delle stelle, L') (1995)` ...
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[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `NeverEnding Story III, The (1994)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `NeverEnding Story III, The (1994)`...
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Affable, earnest and humanly scaled, “The Meddler” is the kind of entertainment that the studios used to supply by the boatload and that now tends to show up on the small screen. Its emphasis on a mother and daughter relationship, in particular, brings to mind maternal melodramas like the glorious weepie “Stella Dallas” (1937), about a woman who asks her wealthy estranged husband to finish raising their daughter so that the girl can live like the people in movies. The difference being that “The Meddler” is agreeably (unusually) optimistic about human relationships, despite the melancholy edging its comedy. Marnie is the biggest source of the humor, and Ms. Sarandon plays her beautifully in every shade of sunshine. One of those relentlessly “on” people who’s always on the go, Marnie is always talking (including on her cell behind the wheel) and always doing, and always talking while doing. There’s compulsiveness to her meddlesomeness. Marnie doesn’t just call Lori, she does so repeatedly, babbling away as if each call were another clause in a sentence without end (“anyway”). The writer-director Lorene Scafaria leads with her laughs. Marnie enters yakking and keeps the motor running, including in voice-over. The patter is inane, funny, lifelike, and Ms. Sarandon’s Jersey intonations give it a comic topspin. Ms. Scafaria seeds these passages with information — Marnie’s dead husband, Joe, was the love of her life — and you can see the narrative machinery in action. But part of what makes the movie work is its unshowy realism, including yammer that isn’t the stuff of dramatic setup or tension but instead resembles the churn of random observations and pointless asides. The sort that swirls through your head and you sometimes share with someone when you’re unpacking groceries, making dinner or just calling to chat — only funnier. The story begins to catch up to Marnie’s accelerated rhythms when Lori splits for New York to work on a pilot she’s written, leaving her mom alone. Marnie copes with this separation in her usual fashion, calling Lori amid visits to the mall (cue the Crate & Barrel product placements) and visits to Lori’s dogs, Lori’s friends and Lori’s shrink. Marnie has started to see the therapist (Amy Landecker in a quick, deadpan turn) at Lori’s urging, though mostly she seems to go as a way to insinuate herself even more deeply into her daughter’s life. It’s no wonder that Marnie seems like a smother-mother who’s one 911 call away from a restraining order; no wonder too that she seems lonely. It would be easy to put Marnie on the couch, to assume that she’s neurotic rather than, you know, friendly, and that she talks a lot only to fill the silences or because the quiet might bring on the grief and self-reflection. But she’s plenty self-knowing already, thanks, and Ms. Sarandon shows you the self-awareness hovering behind Marnie’s smile and trembling in her pauses. Still, there is work to be done, a life to live, and, in a sense, the movie is a coming-of-later-age story in which a mother learns how to cut the cord one funny, poignant snip at a time and discovers herself in the process. In this, Marnie receives help from a much younger mother, Jillian (Cecily Strong), and a new friend, Zipper (J.K. Simmons), who each peel back layers. The same goes for the movie, which has a humble, utilitarian visual style, except that everyone looks really pretty, Ms. Sarandon, Ms. Byrne and Mr. Simmons included. Part of this is the quality of the Los Angeles light, which here has none of its sunshine-and-noir harshness but instead gives the characters an appealing glow, a glow that after a while feels like adoration. When Marnie looks at Lori — and Lori looks at Marnie — you are watching two people who, despite the nonsense, care for each other deeply. You see their happiness and you share in it too because in “The Meddler” Ms. Scafaria is holding up that softening filter through which each of us sees the funny, maddening, indispensable people with whom we laugh, mourn and, if we’re lucky, find love. “The Meddler” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). I haven’t a clue why. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.` for post `NeverEnding Story III, The (1994)` ...
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[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The first time that Marnie Minervini opens her mouth in “The Meddler,” you may wish it were the last. One half of an insistently winning, hopelessly irresistible mother-daughter duet, this buttinsky New Jersey widow (Susan Sarandon) puts the “awl” into call and the “awk” into talk and works both your nerves and ears as she does. Having recently moved to Los Angeles, Marnie has turned her cellphone into an umbilical cord that keeps her hooked to her daughter, Lori (Rose Byrne). “The Meddler” is a tear-drizzled comedy, but I understand if it sounds like a horror movie. It’s a little of both, in truth, with some family melodrama and sweet romance thrown in. Affable, earnest and humanly scaled, “The Meddler” is the kind of entertainment that the studios used to supply by the boatload and that now tends to show up on the small screen. Its emphasis on a mother and daughter relationship, in particular, brings to mind maternal melodramas like the glorious weepie “Stella Dallas” (1937), about a woman who asks her wealthy estranged husband to finish raising their daughter so that the girl can live like the people in movies. The difference being that “The Meddler” is agreeably (unusually) optimistic about human relationships, despite the melancholy edging its comedy. Marnie is the biggest source of the humor, and Ms. Sarandon plays her beautifully in every shade of sunshine. One of those relentlessly “on” people who’s always on the go, Marnie is always talking (including on her cell behind the wheel) and always doing, and always talking while doing. There’s compulsiveness to her meddlesomeness. Marnie doesn’t just call Lori, she does so repeatedly, babbling away as if each call were another clause in a sentence without end (“anyway”). The writer-director Lorene Scafaria leads with her laughs. Marnie enters yakking and keeps the motor running, including in voice-over. The patter is inane, funny, lifelike, and Ms. Sarandon’s Jersey intonations give it a comic topspin. Ms. Scafaria seeds these passages with information — Marnie’s dead husband, Joe, was the love of her life — and you can see the narrative machinery in action. But part of what makes the movie work is its unshowy realism, including yammer that isn’t the stuff of dramatic setup or tension but instead resembles the churn of random observations and pointless asides. The sort that swirls through your head and you sometimes share with someone when you’re unpacking groceries, making dinner or just calling to chat — only funnier. The story begins to catch up to Marnie’s accelerated rhythms when Lori splits for New York to work on a pilot she’s written, leaving her mom alone. Marnie copes with this separation in her usual fashion, calling Lori amid visits to the mall (cue the Crate & Barrel product placements) and visits to Lori’s dogs, Lori’s friends and Lori’s shrink. Marnie has started to see the therapist (Amy Landecker in a quick, deadpan turn) at Lori’s urging, though mostly she seems to go as a way to insinuate herself even more deeply into her daughter’s life. It’s no wonder that Marnie seems like a smother-mother who’s one 911 call away from a restraining order; no wonder too that she seems lonely. It would be easy to put Marnie on the couch, to assume that she’s neurotic rather than, you know, friendly, and that she talks a lot only to fill the silences or because the quiet might bring on the grief and self-reflection. But she’s plenty self-knowing already, thanks, and Ms. Sarandon shows you the self-awareness hovering behind Marnie’s smile and trembling in her pauses. Still, there is work to be done, a life to live, and, in a sense, the movie is a coming-of-later-age story in which a mother learns how to cut the cord one funny, poignant snip at a time and discovers herself in the process. In this, Marnie receives help from a much younger mother, Jillian (Cecily Strong), and a new friend, Zipper (J.K. Simmons), who each peel back layers. The same goes for the movie, which has a humble, utilitarian visual style, except that everyone looks really pretty, Ms. Sarandon, Ms. Byrne and Mr. Simmons included. Part of this is the quality of the Los Angeles light, which here has none of its sunshine-and-noir harshness but instead gives the characters an appealing glow, a glow that after a while feels like adoration. When Marnie looks at Lori — and Lori looks at Marnie — you are watching two people who, despite the nonsense, care for each other deeply. You see their happiness and you share in it too because in “The Meddler” Ms. Scafaria is holding up that softening filter through which each of us sees the funny, maddening, indispensable people with whom we laugh, mourn and, if we’re lucky, find love. “The Meddler” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). I haven’t a clue why. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.` for post `NeverEnding Story III, The (1994)` ...
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[16:32:44] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The first time that Marnie Minervini opens her mouth in “The Meddler,” you may wish it were the last. One half of an insistently winning, hopelessly irresistible mother-daughter duet, this buttinsky New Jersey widow (Susan Sarandon) puts the “awl” into call and the “awk” into talk and works both your nerves and ears as she does. Having recently moved to Los Angeles, Marnie has turned her cellphone into an umbilical cord that keeps her hooked to her daughter, Lori (Rose Byrne). “The Meddler” is a tear-drizzled comedy, but I understand if it sounds like a horror movie. It’s a little of both, in truth, with some family melodrama and sweet romance thrown in. Affable, earnest and humanly scaled, “The Meddler” is the kind of entertainment that the studios used to supply by the boatload and that now tends to show up on the small screen. Its emphasis on a mother and daughter relationship, in particular, brings to mind maternal melodramas like the glorious weepie “Stella Dallas” (1937), about a woman who asks her wealthy estranged husband to finish raising their daughter so that the girl can live like the people in movies. The difference being that “The Meddler” is agreeably (unusually) optimistic about human relationships, despite the melancholy edging its comedy. Marnie is the biggest source of the humor, and Ms. Sarandon plays her beautifully in every shade of sunshine. One of those relentlessly “on” people who’s always on the go, Marnie is always talking (including on her cell behind the wheel) and always doing, and always talking while doing. There’s compulsiveness to her meddlesomeness. Marnie doesn’t just call Lori, she does so repeatedly, babbling away as if each call were another clause in a sentence without end (“anyway”). The writer-director Lorene Scafaria leads with her laughs. Marnie enters yakking and keeps the motor running, including in voice-over. The patter is inane, funny, lifelike, and Ms. Sarandon’s Jersey intonations give it a comic topspin. Ms. Scafaria seeds these passages with information — Marnie’s dead husband, Joe, was the love of her life — and you can see the narrative machinery in action. But part of what makes the movie work is its unshowy realism, including yammer that isn’t the stuff of dramatic setup or tension but instead resembles the churn of random observations and pointless asides. The sort that swirls through your head and you sometimes share with someone when you’re unpacking groceries, making dinner or just calling to chat — only funnier. The story begins to catch up to Marnie’s accelerated rhythms when Lori splits for New York to work on a pilot she’s written, leaving her mom alone. Marnie copes with this separation in her usual fashion, calling Lori amid visits to the mall (cue the Crate & Barrel product placements) and visits to Lori’s dogs, Lori’s friends and Lori’s shrink. Marnie has started to see the therapist (Amy Landecker in a quick, deadpan turn) at Lori’s urging, though mostly she seems to go as a way to insinuate herself even more deeply into her daughter’s life. It’s no wonder that Marnie seems like a smother-mother who’s one 911 call away from a restraining order; no wonder too that she seems lonely. It would be easy to put Marnie on the couch, to assume that she’s neurotic rather than, you know, friendly, and that she talks a lot only to fill the silences or because the quiet might bring on the grief and self-reflection. But she’s plenty self-knowing already, thanks, and Ms. Sarandon shows you the self-awareness hovering behind Marnie’s smile and trembling in her pauses. Still, there is work to be done, a life to live, and, in a sense, the movie is a coming-of-later-age story in which a mother learns how to cut the cord one funny, poignant snip at a time and discovers herself in the process. In this, Marnie receives help from a much younger mother, Jillian (Cecily Strong), and a new friend, Zipper (J.K. Simmons), who each peel back layers. The same goes for the movie, which has a humble, utilitarian visual style, except that everyone looks really pretty, Ms. Sarandon, Ms. Byrne and Mr. Simmons included. Part of this is the quality of the Los Angeles light, which here has none of its sunshine-and-noir harshness but instead gives the characters an appealing glow, a glow that after a while feels like adoration. When Marnie looks at Lori — and Lori looks at Marnie — you are watching two people who, despite the nonsense, care for each other deeply. You see their happiness and you share in it too because in “The Meddler” Ms. Scafaria is holding up that softening filter through which each of us sees the funny, maddening, indispensable people with whom we laugh, mourn and, if we’re lucky, find love. “The Meddler” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). I haven’t a clue why. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.` for post `NeverEnding Story III, The (1994)` ...
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[16:32:44] Record #116
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[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)`...
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[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Pie in the Sky (1996)`
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[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `Kelvin Tong’s “The Offering,” a muddled horror film, falls over itself incorporating as many genre elements as possible. The result is the cinematic equivalent of combining every paint color on a canvas: a murky mess. When Jamie (Elizabeth Rice), a Chicago reporter, learns that Anna, her sister, has died in Singapore, she heads there to investigate. The police show her a video of Anna asphyxiating herself. But Jamie soon finds that Anna may have encountered a demonic entity in her home, which might also threaten Anna’s young daughter, Katie (Adina Herz). As it happens, Anna’s house has a history of family homicide. And other grisly deaths around the city seem connected as well. I could recite a list of the hoary supernatural-invasion clichés on parade here, but suffice it to say that the only innovations appear to be garments flying off an outdoor clothesline and, um, a suspicious deep-sea-diving helmet. Through two investigating priests (Colin Borgonon and Adrian Pang), we learn that a plot is brewing to resurrect the biblical Tower of Babel; evidently, binary code has become the one planetary language that the Bible warned us against. And a monster, the leviathan, is on its way, too. It all leads to the possession of Katie and a demon-eviction ceremony featuring, yes, the spinning-head effect straight out of “The Exorcist.” “If you never believed in God, now’s the time you do,” a priest says. But no amount of faith can redeem this sorry enterprise.` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/218877` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Kelvin Tong’s “The Offering,” a muddled horror film, falls over itself incorporating as many genre elements as possible. The result is the cinematic equivalent of combining every paint color on a canvas: a murky mess. When Jamie (Elizabeth Rice), a Chicago reporter, learns that Anna, her sister, has died in Singapore, she heads there to investigate. The police show her a video of Anna asphyxiating herself. But Jamie soon finds that Anna may have encountered a demonic entity in her home, which might also threaten Anna’s young daughter, Katie (Adina Herz). As it happens, Anna’s house has a history of family homicide. And other grisly deaths around the city seem connected as well. I could recite a list of the hoary supernatural-invasion clichés on parade here, but suffice it to say that the only innovations appear to be garments flying off an outdoor clothesline and, um, a suspicious deep-sea-diving helmet. Through two investigating priests (Colin Borgonon and Adrian Pang), we learn that a plot is brewing to resurrect the biblical Tower of Babel; evidently, binary code has become the one planetary language that the Bible warned us against. And a monster, the leviathan, is on its way, too. It all leads to the possession of Katie and a demon-eviction ceremony featuring, yes, the spinning-head effect straight out of “The Exorcist.” “If you never believed in God, now’s the time you do,” a priest says. But no amount of faith can redeem this sorry enterprise.` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Kelvin Tong’s “The Offering,” a muddled horror film, falls over itself incorporating as many genre elements as possible. The result is the cinematic equivalent of combining every paint color on a canvas: a murky mess. When Jamie (Elizabeth Rice), a Chicago reporter, learns that Anna, her sister, has died in Singapore, she heads there to investigate. The police show her a video of Anna asphyxiating herself. But Jamie soon finds that Anna may have encountered a demonic entity in her home, which might also threaten Anna’s young daughter, Katie (Adina Herz). As it happens, Anna’s house has a history of family homicide. And other grisly deaths around the city seem connected as well. I could recite a list of the hoary supernatural-invasion clichés on parade here, but suffice it to say that the only innovations appear to be garments flying off an outdoor clothesline and, um, a suspicious deep-sea-diving helmet. Through two investigating priests (Colin Borgonon and Adrian Pang), we learn that a plot is brewing to resurrect the biblical Tower of Babel; evidently, binary code has become the one planetary language that the Bible warned us against. And a monster, the leviathan, is on its way, too. It all leads to the possession of Katie and a demon-eviction ceremony featuring, yes, the spinning-head effect straight out of “The Exorcist.” “If you never believed in God, now’s the time you do,” a priest says. But no amount of faith can redeem this sorry enterprise.` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Pie in the Sky (1996)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] IMAGES:
[16:32:44] TAXONOMIES:
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `resource_category` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:44] CREATED `Pie in the Sky (1996)` `Resource` (ID: 2443)
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:44] ---
[16:32:44] Record #117
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Angela (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Angela (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1809`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Angela (1995)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Angela (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Angela (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `The Whit Stillman-esque romantic melodrama “Those People” goes to great lengths to humanize Manhattan’s upper crust, with generally successful results. Its hero, Charlie (Jonathan Gordon), a gay 27-year-old painter in graduate school, may have been raised among the Upper East Side elite, but that doesn’t keep him from agonized ambivalence when it comes to love. Even in his Manhattan of formal wear, glowing interiors, glittering nighttime streets and leisurely affluence, heartbreak rears its ugly head. Charlie has pined for his childhood friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) for years. But the dissolute Sebastian — whose Bernie Madoff-like father has just been sent to prison for defrauding his moneyed peers out of millions — keeps Charlie at arm’s length, playing coy. When Charlie catches the eye of the worldly, slightly older Tim (Haaz Sleiman), a barroom musician and accomplished classical pianist, jealousies and long-repressed feelings emerge amid passionate hookups and tearful confrontations. Just whom will Charlie choose? The director, Joey Kuhn, making his feature debut from his own script, has created fairly credible and sympathetic characters, despite the 1-percenter milieu. The actors, especially Mr. Ralph, who could pass for a distant cousin of Dane DeHaan, are equally persuasive, though the plot’s contrivances eventually wear thin. It’s unfortunate that female characters, including Charlie’s mother (Allison Mackie) and Charlie and Sebastian’s friend Ursula (Britt Lower), compared with the men, are given short shrift. But thanks to the cinematographer Leonard D’Antoni, the locations, including Lincoln Center and the High Line, have rarely looked lovelier.` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/219920` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The Whit Stillman-esque romantic melodrama “Those People” goes to great lengths to humanize Manhattan’s upper crust, with generally successful results. Its hero, Charlie (Jonathan Gordon), a gay 27-year-old painter in graduate school, may have been raised among the Upper East Side elite, but that doesn’t keep him from agonized ambivalence when it comes to love. Even in his Manhattan of formal wear, glowing interiors, glittering nighttime streets and leisurely affluence, heartbreak rears its ugly head. Charlie has pined for his childhood friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) for years. But the dissolute Sebastian — whose Bernie Madoff-like father has just been sent to prison for defrauding his moneyed peers out of millions — keeps Charlie at arm’s length, playing coy. When Charlie catches the eye of the worldly, slightly older Tim (Haaz Sleiman), a barroom musician and accomplished classical pianist, jealousies and long-repressed feelings emerge amid passionate hookups and tearful confrontations. Just whom will Charlie choose? The director, Joey Kuhn, making his feature debut from his own script, has created fairly credible and sympathetic characters, despite the 1-percenter milieu. The actors, especially Mr. Ralph, who could pass for a distant cousin of Dane DeHaan, are equally persuasive, though the plot’s contrivances eventually wear thin. It’s unfortunate that female characters, including Charlie’s mother (Allison Mackie) and Charlie and Sebastian’s friend Ursula (Britt Lower), compared with the men, are given short shrift. But thanks to the cinematographer Leonard D’Antoni, the locations, including Lincoln Center and the High Line, have rarely looked lovelier.` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The Whit Stillman-esque romantic melodrama “Those People” goes to great lengths to humanize Manhattan’s upper crust, with generally successful results. Its hero, Charlie (Jonathan Gordon), a gay 27-year-old painter in graduate school, may have been raised among the Upper East Side elite, but that doesn’t keep him from agonized ambivalence when it comes to love. Even in his Manhattan of formal wear, glowing interiors, glittering nighttime streets and leisurely affluence, heartbreak rears its ugly head. Charlie has pined for his childhood friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) for years. But the dissolute Sebastian — whose Bernie Madoff-like father has just been sent to prison for defrauding his moneyed peers out of millions — keeps Charlie at arm’s length, playing coy. When Charlie catches the eye of the worldly, slightly older Tim (Haaz Sleiman), a barroom musician and accomplished classical pianist, jealousies and long-repressed feelings emerge amid passionate hookups and tearful confrontations. Just whom will Charlie choose? The director, Joey Kuhn, making his feature debut from his own script, has created fairly credible and sympathetic characters, despite the 1-percenter milieu. The actors, especially Mr. Ralph, who could pass for a distant cousin of Dane DeHaan, are equally persuasive, though the plot’s contrivances eventually wear thin. It’s unfortunate that female characters, including Charlie’s mother (Allison Mackie) and Charlie and Sebastian’s friend Ursula (Britt Lower), compared with the men, are given short shrift. But thanks to the cinematographer Leonard D’Antoni, the locations, including Lincoln Center and the High Line, have rarely looked lovelier.` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Angela (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] IMAGES:
[16:32:44] TAXONOMIES:
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `resource_category` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:44] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:44] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:44] CREATED `Angela (1995)` `Resource` (ID: 2444)
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:44] ---
[16:32:44] Record #118
[16:32:44] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:44] Combine all data for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)`...
[16:32:44] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1810`...
[16:32:44] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Frankie Starlight (1995)`
[16:32:44] CREATING `Frankie Starlight (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:44] Associate post `Frankie Starlight (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:44] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:44] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Frankie Starlight (1995)` ...
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:44] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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[16:32:46] Record #125
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[16:32:46] Combine all data for post `Bad Boys (1995)`...
[16:32:46] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Bad Boys (1995)`...
[16:32:46] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1817`...
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[16:32:46] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Bad Boys (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] Record #126
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[16:32:46] Combine all data for post `Amazing Panda Adventure, The (1995)`...
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[16:32:46] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Amazing Panda Adventure, The (1995)`
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Amazing Panda Adventure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Amazing Panda Adventure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Amazing Panda Adventure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:46] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Amazing Panda Adventure, The (1995)` ...
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In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. 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A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). 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[16:32:46] Record #130
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[16:32:46] Combine all data for post `Apollo 13 (1995)`...
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[16:32:46] Record #131
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[16:32:46] Record #132
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[16:32:46] Record #133
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[16:32:46] Record #136
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[16:32:46] Record #140
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[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:46] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] Record #141
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[16:32:47] Combine all data for post `Crimson Tide (1995)`...
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[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Crimson Tide (1995)` ...
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[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Crimson Tide (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Crimson Tide (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Crimson Tide (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Crimson Tide (1995)` ...
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:47] Record #142
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[16:32:47] Combine all data for post `Crumb (1994)`...
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] Record #143
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[16:32:47] Combine all data for post `Desperado (1995)`...
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[16:32:47] Record #144
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Clifton, a nurse, treats her kindly and is aware of her fame, so she drops some cash on him (literally) and spirits him away to the South of France, where she leads a dissipated expat life. Existing on Champagne and cigarettes, she pouts and sleeps and swears at poor Clifton, refusing to eat the food he prepares her and occasionally throwing things at him. In her early 60s, she still intermittently performs and records, but her erratic behavior, some of it the result of bipolar disorder, keeps her from the comeback she desires and deserves. To the extent that “Nina” has a plot, it involves Clifton’s efforts to help her and preserve his own patience and dignity. But their interactions, too, feel like a weird cabaret act, or like outtakes from a sitcom about a crazy diva and her loyal servant. Ms. Mort’s writing lacks psychological texture, and her direction generates little intensity, or even continuity. To say nothing of relevance. 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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/303007` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Doom Generation, The (1995)` ...
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[16:32:47] Record #147
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[16:32:47] Combine all data for post `Feast of July (1995)`...
[16:32:47] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Feast of July (1995)`...
[16:32:47] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1839`...
[16:32:47] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Feast of July (1995)`
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/303899` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Feast of July (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:47] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
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[16:32:47] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:47] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:47] Record #148
[16:32:47] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:47] Combine all data for post `First Knight (1995)`...
[16:32:47] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `First Knight (1995)`...
[16:32:47] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1840`...
[16:32:47] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `First Knight (1995)`
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[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:47] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:47] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/304805` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `First Knight (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] IMAGES:
[16:32:48] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:48] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:48] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:48] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:48] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:48] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:48] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:48] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:48] Record #149
[16:32:48] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:48] Combine all data for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)`...
[16:32:48] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)`...
[16:32:48] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1841`...
[16:32:48] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)`
[16:32:48] CREATING `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:48] Associate post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:48] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/305053` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] IMAGES:
[16:32:48] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:48] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:48] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:48] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:48] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:48] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:48] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:48] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:48] ---
[16:32:48] Record #150
[16:32:48] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:48] Combine all data for post `Hackers (1995)`...
[16:32:48] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Hackers (1995)`...
[16:32:48] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1842`...
[16:32:48] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Hackers (1995)`
[16:32:48] CREATING `Hackers (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:48] Associate post `Hackers (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:48] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Hackers (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Hackers (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Hackers (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Hackers (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Hackers (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Hackers (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] Record #152
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] Record #154
[16:32:48] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:48] Combine all data for post `Jury Duty (1995)`...
[16:32:48] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Jury Duty (1995)`...
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[16:32:48] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Jury Duty (1995)`
[16:32:48] CREATING `Jury Duty (1995)` `Resource`
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[16:32:48] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Jury Duty (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:48] Record #155
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[16:32:48] Combine all data for post `Kids (1995)`...
[16:32:48] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Kids (1995)`...
[16:32:48] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1847`...
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[16:32:48] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:48] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:48] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Kids (1995)` ...
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[16:32:48] Record #158
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[16:32:48] Record #160
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[16:32:49] Record #161
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[16:32:49] Combine all data for post `Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)`...
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[16:32:49] Record #162
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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. 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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. A few years ago, the luxury-goods company Christian Dior recycled images of that film’s heartthrob attraction, Alain Delon, in an ad campaign for its cologne Eau Sauvage that used the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” The playlist for “A Bigger Splash” includes a couple of Stones songs as well, notably “Emotional Rescue,” which is in rotation with Harry Nilsson, Giuseppe Verdi, 1970s Brazilian classics and Hollywood’s eternal bad boy Robert Mitchum murdering the calypso ditty “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep.” Mr. Guadagnino, in other words, knows how to decorate a movie, from Marianne’s manicured head to Penelope’s perfectly photographed bellybutton. Every fetishized element — the glorious house, the tiled pool, Marianne’s Dior outfits and the scrubbiest of vistas — looks ravishing, ready for a close-up, too. The world that Mr. Guadagnino creates is at once seductive and aspirational, and another reminder that movies have always excelled at stoking consumer desires. Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. 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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. 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His performance elevates an ominous, downbeat reflection on American decline and runaway technology into a subdued absurdist farce with dark geopolitical undercurrents. The movie is set in 2010, when America was still reeling from the financial crisis and months before the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings that eventually transformed much of the Middle East into a grisly battleground. In the surreal opening scene, Alan walks down a suburban street, loudly singing the Talking Heads song “Once in a Lifetime,” whose narrator asks you to imagine losing your house and your wife. All at once, we have landed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in a topsy-turvy world of technological disruption and hierarchal imbalance. Alan is in a wretched state when he arrives. Broke, depressed, newly divorced and desperate to regain his financial footing, he is acutely aware that his entire future depends on the successful completion of a deal involving the sale of a miraculous invention that suggests the modern equivalent of Aladdin’s magic lamp. Later in the movie, we see a brief, underwhelming demonstration of its wonders. From the moment Alan lands, he encounters humiliating obstacles. The king, he is told, is away but is expected back very soon. But the days drag on, and the lives of Alan and the three-person I.T. support team that preceded him become a Beckettian waiting game. Instead of a modern hotel, Alan finds his assistants languishing in a sweltering tent without air-conditioning or Wi-Fi in the King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade, a fictionalized version of King Abdullah Economic City. This metropolis, still under construction, consists of mostly empty skyscrapers. The scenes in which he wanders through this desolate ghost city, which seems in a state of suspension, are among the film’s strongest. Jet-lagged and sleep-deprived, Alan tries in vain to find his bearings, while obsessing about a strange lump on his back that he unsuccessfully tries to remove. His tentative surgery on himself leads him to consult Zahra Hakem (Sarita Choudhury, from “Homeland”), a Saudi doctor with whom he develops an unlikely romantic connection. A screen adaptation of “A Hologram for the King” could have taken any of several approaches. It could have been a satire of American provincialism and culture clash in a tech-dependent world, with Alan portrayed as a bumbling, overconfident fool living in the past. But Mr. Hanks’s embodiment of an unflappably positive, if frustrated, American Everyman, who refuses to give up or to surrender his can-do attitude, grounds the movie. Somehow, you suspect, his situation will be resolved by good old-fashioned American know-how. Alan becomes infuriated but never enraged. Confronting disaster, he grits his teeth and puts on an optimistic face. Mr. Hanks, in his best clownish mode, scrunches his features into all manner of amusing grimaces. But even when Alan is on the brink of nervous exhaustion, you trust him to find the answers. The movie’s weaker scenes try to fill in his background and family history with flashbacks, in which we meet his ex-wife and daughter, whose college tuition he can’t afford. His father (Tom Skerritt) bitterly deplores the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. As a former executive for the Schwinn Bicycle Company, Alan, we learn, once shipped jobs abroad. Much of “A Hologram for the King” feels like science fiction. We’re familiar with pictures of the futuristic towers of Dubai, flickering in the heat. But this partly constructed ghost town in the middle of a desert suggests an outpost in a different galaxy, where Alan and his team resemble a befuddled, less confident Captain Kirk and his crew waiting for the aliens to reveal themselves. Alan’s guide on this faraway planet is Yousef (Alexander Black), a goofy, oddly paranoid taxi driver who is obsessed with loud American rock music. Their scenes come the closest to traditional comedy. “A Hologram for the King” ponders a modern world in the thrall of illusions. Of what essential use is a holographic teleconferencing system, we are never told. In their semireality, the King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade and the ghostly holograms Alan is selling might just as well be a desert mirage. “A Hologram for the King” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for some sexuality and nudity, strong language and brief drug use. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Nadja (1994)` ...
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[16:32:49] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
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[16:32:49] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:49] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:49] Record #165
[16:32:49] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:49] Combine all data for post `Nine Months (1995)`...
[16:32:49] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Nine Months (1995)`...
[16:32:49] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1857`...
[16:32:49] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Nine Months (1995)`
[16:32:49] CREATING `Nine Months (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:49] Associate post `Nine Months (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:49] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/316634` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Brian (Brian Sheppard) is a poet seeking more than a quick hookup. The infuriatingly bratty Jim (Zack Ryan), an aspiring actor, is the live-in boyfriend of Drew (Colman Domingo), an older world-famous metal sculptor who adores him. But Jim is so jealous of Drew’s devotion to art that he feels neglected and threatens to move out. Bob (John Lescault) is a rich, sleazy Hollywood talent agent in his mid-60s who cruises around in a white limousine looking to pay for sex. Why he’s in Philadelphia, of all cities, is never explained. The gay street scene depicted in the movie feels more like the 1970s than now, and the film’s dominant mood is one of feverish desperation and hunger. Lessons are learned, but the movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Brian (Brian Sheppard) is a poet seeking more than a quick hookup. The infuriatingly bratty Jim (Zack Ryan), an aspiring actor, is the live-in boyfriend of Drew (Colman Domingo), an older world-famous metal sculptor who adores him. But Jim is so jealous of Drew’s devotion to art that he feels neglected and threatens to move out. Bob (John Lescault) is a rich, sleazy Hollywood talent agent in his mid-60s who cruises around in a white limousine looking to pay for sex. Why he’s in Philadelphia, of all cities, is never explained. The gay street scene depicted in the movie feels more like the 1970s than now, and the film’s dominant mood is one of feverish desperation and hunger. Lessons are learned, but the movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Nine Months (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:49] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:49] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:49] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:49] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:49] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:49] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:49] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:49] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:49] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:49] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:49] ---
[16:32:49] Record #166
[16:32:49] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:49] Combine all data for post `Party Girl (1995)`...
[16:32:49] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Party Girl (1995)`...
[16:32:49] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1858`...
[16:32:49] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Party Girl (1995)`
[16:32:49] CREATING `Party Girl (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:49] Associate post `Party Girl (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:49] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/317541` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `In “Being Charlie,” the director Rob Reiner breaks out of his sentimental sitcom mode to focus on the angst of a rich, entitled Los Angeles family. The title character, Charlie Mills (Nick Robinson), is its spoiled golden boy, a surly drug-addicted brat we first meet on his 18th birthday as he abandons the latest in a series of rehab institutions. This sour apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree. Charlie’s father, David (Cary Elwes), is a stunningly fatuous candidate for California governor who made his fortune as the star of a blockbuster Hollywood franchise about pirates. With his slicked blond hair and cold, arrogant sneer, this politician-come-lately is an empty suit robotically shaking hands while spewing inane platitudes at meet-and-greets. He has a fractious relationship with his tense, neurotic wife, Liseanne (Susan Misner). “Being Charlie” has a strong autobiographical component. According to the production notes, Nick Reiner (the director’s son) wrote the screenplay with Matt Elisofon, whom he met in rehab. Charlie, like Mr. Elisofon, is an aspiring stand-up comedian. And the brief scenes of Charlie on the stage reveal him to be a brash show-off with at least a modicum of talent. Let’s assume that Rob Reiner made a movie peopled with disagreeable characters to transcend the feel-good clichés of the nostalgic family entertainments for which he’s known with a more realistic film about contemporary issues. But the movie’s refusal to abandon commercial formulas and examine its characters’ inner lives suggests that the director’s years inside the Hollywood bubble may have prevented him from recognizing the degree to which independent films and television are already overrun with deeper, more sensitive explorations of addiction and recovery. When Charlie inevitably relapses and trolls Los Angeles’s meaner streets for a fix, you feel little sympathy for a character so shallow he seems incapable of introspection. Father-son confrontations and tough-love warnings from a rehab counselor (played by Common) are little more than boilerplate harangues. The movie’s first of many mistakes is to throw in a girlfriend from rehab, Eva (Morgan Saylor), with whom Charlie flouts rules that discourage romantic relationships among patients. Although Ms. Saylor brings some personality to her turbulent, unfocused character, you have the queasy sense that somebody decided the movie needed a pretty woman to give it some juice. But soon enough, “Being Charlie” forgets about Eva to concentrate on Charlie’s gruesome relapse on the eve of the governor’s election, and David’s having to cope with the negative publicity about his son’s behavior. It takes a drug-related tragedy to bring Charlie to his senses. The perfunctory upbeat ending leaves you unconvinced that worst is over. “Being Charlie” is not rated. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `In “Being Charlie,” the director Rob Reiner breaks out of his sentimental sitcom mode to focus on the angst of a rich, entitled Los Angeles family. The title character, Charlie Mills (Nick Robinson), is its spoiled golden boy, a surly drug-addicted brat we first meet on his 18th birthday as he abandons the latest in a series of rehab institutions. This sour apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree. Charlie’s father, David (Cary Elwes), is a stunningly fatuous candidate for California governor who made his fortune as the star of a blockbuster Hollywood franchise about pirates. With his slicked blond hair and cold, arrogant sneer, this politician-come-lately is an empty suit robotically shaking hands while spewing inane platitudes at meet-and-greets. He has a fractious relationship with his tense, neurotic wife, Liseanne (Susan Misner). “Being Charlie” has a strong autobiographical component. According to the production notes, Nick Reiner (the director’s son) wrote the screenplay with Matt Elisofon, whom he met in rehab. Charlie, like Mr. Elisofon, is an aspiring stand-up comedian. And the brief scenes of Charlie on the stage reveal him to be a brash show-off with at least a modicum of talent. Let’s assume that Rob Reiner made a movie peopled with disagreeable characters to transcend the feel-good clichés of the nostalgic family entertainments for which he’s known with a more realistic film about contemporary issues. But the movie’s refusal to abandon commercial formulas and examine its characters’ inner lives suggests that the director’s years inside the Hollywood bubble may have prevented him from recognizing the degree to which independent films and television are already overrun with deeper, more sensitive explorations of addiction and recovery. When Charlie inevitably relapses and trolls Los Angeles’s meaner streets for a fix, you feel little sympathy for a character so shallow he seems incapable of introspection. Father-son confrontations and tough-love warnings from a rehab counselor (played by Common) are little more than boilerplate harangues. The movie’s first of many mistakes is to throw in a girlfriend from rehab, Eva (Morgan Saylor), with whom Charlie flouts rules that discourage romantic relationships among patients. Although Ms. Saylor brings some personality to her turbulent, unfocused character, you have the queasy sense that somebody decided the movie needed a pretty woman to give it some juice. But soon enough, “Being Charlie” forgets about Eva to concentrate on Charlie’s gruesome relapse on the eve of the governor’s election, and David’s having to cope with the negative publicity about his son’s behavior. It takes a drug-related tragedy to bring Charlie to his senses. The perfunctory upbeat ending leaves you unconvinced that worst is over. “Being Charlie” is not rated. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:49] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Party Girl (1995)` ...
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:49] Record #168
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But this very crowded, reasonably enjoyable installment in the Avengers cycle — written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo — reveals, even more than its predecessors, an essential truth about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. 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I hate to disappoint, but I have to say that I’m not really feeling it. The cues are there, of course. An aura of vaguely topical importance is as vital to a superhero-franchise movie as a merchandising deal. So “Civil War” pauses for a few moments of chin-scratching and speechifying about whether a group of genetically advantaged, highly weaponized individuals should be brought under the supervision of the United Nations. More seriously — because, come on now, do you really think Captain America is going to put on a blue U.N. helmet? — the film glances at some of the moral complexities of modern warfare. The designated good guys are responsible for the deaths of innocents, and the question of their accountability hovers over the movie and sets its plot in motion. 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In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. 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A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). 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[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:49] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:49] Record #172
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[16:32:50] Record #175
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[16:32:50] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:50] CREATED `Tie That Binds, The (1995)` `Resource` (ID: 2504)
[16:32:50] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:50] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:50] ---
[16:32:50] Record #178
[16:32:50] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:50] Combine all data for post `Three Wishes (1995)`...
[16:32:50] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Three Wishes (1995)`...
[16:32:50] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1870`...
[16:32:50] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Three Wishes (1995)`
[16:32:50] CREATING `Three Wishes (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:50] Associate post `Three Wishes (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:50] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/323898` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The absurdist kick in “Keanu,” the first movie to showcase Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele together, has a tiny tail and squeak. Beloved of crime lords and doofuses alike, Keanu the kitten shows up early, padding underfoot through one of those artfully staged drug labs — armed guards, white powder, ominous lighting — that’s soon lit up with the sights and sounds of heavy artillery. Much like the Buddhalicious star he’s named for, Keanu slips unscathed through the fast-and-furious raining bullets, miraculously dodging death as a heavenly chorus lays down an apocalyptic track. Kitten has skills. That’s the high-concept goof in “Keanu,” a 10-minute sketch that’s been inflated to bloated feature length. Running 90 minutes too long, the movie is a slack, erratically amusing excuse to watch Mr. Key and Mr. Peele tag-team after ending “Key & Peele,” their celebrated, often blazingly funny Comedy Central series that turned them into national memes. The road to Mr. Key and Mr. Peele’s future as movie headliners, though, will take more than kittens, guns and a riff on gangbangers head-bobbing to George Michael. What’s needed is a sharper, smarter edge, like the one they used on their show to lacerate pop-cultural and political targets; also, more and better jokes. The good news is that Mr. Key and Mr. Peele comfortably hold the big screen, whether they’re playing ordinary guys or imitating killers. The movie, which Mr. Peele wrote with the longtime “Key & Peele” contributor Alex Rubens, opens with the kitten running from the drug-lab shootout and landing at the door of Rell (Mr. Peele), who’s distraught after being dumped by his girlfriend. Like every man in the movie, Rell falls for the cat and — after rising from a miasma of pot smoke while flanked by posters for “New Jack City” and Michael Mann’s “Heat” — names his fluffy new friend Keanu. A new love is born, one that’s blessed by Rell’s cousin, Clarence (Mr. Key), if also nearly doomed. Things start cooking when Keanu disappears, forcing Rell and Clarence to play detective while chasing leads and kitten tail. They end up in a strip club, where women provide the topless decoration on and off the pole in a joint, bada bing, run by a gangster, Cheddar (Method Man), and his gunslingers. (The flat-liner here is that the crew calls itself the 17th Street Blips, à la the Crips and the Bloods.) There, Rell and Clarence, latter-day Hardy Boys, pretend to be hard-core criminals, a quickie makeover that largely involves putting a swagger in their step, talking street (or like black extras in an exploitation flick) and punctuating their cartoonish braggadocio with R-rated filler. On their show, Mr. Key and Mr. Peele turned code switching into an aesthetic principle, most famously in their sketches involving President Obama (brilliantly channeled by Mr. Peele) and his Anger Translator, Luther (Mr. Key). In “Keanu,” once Rell and Clarence start hanging with Cheddar’s group, they swap their everyday speech (“good English”) for tougher, rougher talk and haphazard grammar. They drop their final “g’s,” sprinkle on the “ain’ts” and vamp like gangbangers. It’s a metamorphosis that sounds like conceptual gold, as Mr. Key and Mr. Peele — drawing from the comedy of masquerade and playing with racially coded speech and behavior — turn a pair of amusing milquetoasts who happen to be black into black stereotypes right out of central casting. Rell and Clarence are performing thuggery, at least at first, walking the bad-man walk and talking the talk while frantically looking for the exit. And despite the sluggish passages and hum of unease, it’s fun watching these performers play with clichés amid a guest visit from Anna Faris and the sight of Clarence’s minivan’s becoming a safe space for gangsta sharing and caring. (The director is Peter Atencio, another “Key & Peele” veteran.) But as the genre machinery chugs along, the bang-bang begins to overwhelm the movie, and the underlying critique gives way to a what-me-worry shrug. Keanu may be Rell and Clarence’s power animal. But he’s no match for Liam “Neesons,” the character whom Mr. Key and Mr. Peele named in honor of the Hollywood hepcat who explodes minds and bodies both. “Keanu” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Bang bang, bleep bleep. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The absurdist kick in “Keanu,” the first movie to showcase Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele together, has a tiny tail and squeak. Beloved of crime lords and doofuses alike, Keanu the kitten shows up early, padding underfoot through one of those artfully staged drug labs — armed guards, white powder, ominous lighting — that’s soon lit up with the sights and sounds of heavy artillery. Much like the Buddhalicious star he’s named for, Keanu slips unscathed through the fast-and-furious raining bullets, miraculously dodging death as a heavenly chorus lays down an apocalyptic track. Kitten has skills. That’s the high-concept goof in “Keanu,” a 10-minute sketch that’s been inflated to bloated feature length. Running 90 minutes too long, the movie is a slack, erratically amusing excuse to watch Mr. Key and Mr. Peele tag-team after ending “Key & Peele,” their celebrated, often blazingly funny Comedy Central series that turned them into national memes. The road to Mr. Key and Mr. Peele’s future as movie headliners, though, will take more than kittens, guns and a riff on gangbangers head-bobbing to George Michael. What’s needed is a sharper, smarter edge, like the one they used on their show to lacerate pop-cultural and political targets; also, more and better jokes. The good news is that Mr. Key and Mr. Peele comfortably hold the big screen, whether they’re playing ordinary guys or imitating killers. The movie, which Mr. Peele wrote with the longtime “Key & Peele” contributor Alex Rubens, opens with the kitten running from the drug-lab shootout and landing at the door of Rell (Mr. Peele), who’s distraught after being dumped by his girlfriend. Like every man in the movie, Rell falls for the cat and — after rising from a miasma of pot smoke while flanked by posters for “New Jack City” and Michael Mann’s “Heat” — names his fluffy new friend Keanu. A new love is born, one that’s blessed by Rell’s cousin, Clarence (Mr. Key), if also nearly doomed. Things start cooking when Keanu disappears, forcing Rell and Clarence to play detective while chasing leads and kitten tail. They end up in a strip club, where women provide the topless decoration on and off the pole in a joint, bada bing, run by a gangster, Cheddar (Method Man), and his gunslingers. (The flat-liner here is that the crew calls itself the 17th Street Blips, à la the Crips and the Bloods.) There, Rell and Clarence, latter-day Hardy Boys, pretend to be hard-core criminals, a quickie makeover that largely involves putting a swagger in their step, talking street (or like black extras in an exploitation flick) and punctuating their cartoonish braggadocio with R-rated filler. On their show, Mr. Key and Mr. Peele turned code switching into an aesthetic principle, most famously in their sketches involving President Obama (brilliantly channeled by Mr. Peele) and his Anger Translator, Luther (Mr. Key). In “Keanu,” once Rell and Clarence start hanging with Cheddar’s group, they swap their everyday speech (“good English”) for tougher, rougher talk and haphazard grammar. They drop their final “g’s,” sprinkle on the “ain’ts” and vamp like gangbangers. It’s a metamorphosis that sounds like conceptual gold, as Mr. Key and Mr. Peele — drawing from the comedy of masquerade and playing with racially coded speech and behavior — turn a pair of amusing milquetoasts who happen to be black into black stereotypes right out of central casting. Rell and Clarence are performing thuggery, at least at first, walking the bad-man walk and talking the talk while frantically looking for the exit. And despite the sluggish passages and hum of unease, it’s fun watching these performers play with clichés amid a guest visit from Anna Faris and the sight of Clarence’s minivan’s becoming a safe space for gangsta sharing and caring. (The director is Peter Atencio, another “Key & Peele” veteran.) But as the genre machinery chugs along, the bang-bang begins to overwhelm the movie, and the underlying critique gives way to a what-me-worry shrug. Keanu may be Rell and Clarence’s power animal. But he’s no match for Liam “Neesons,” the character whom Mr. Key and Mr. Peele named in honor of the Hollywood hepcat who explodes minds and bodies both. “Keanu” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Bang bang, bleep bleep. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Three Wishes (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:50] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:50] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:50] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:50] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:50] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:50] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:50] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:50] CREATED `Three Wishes (1995)` `Resource` (ID: 2505)
[16:32:50] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:50] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:50] ---
[16:32:50] Record #179
[16:32:50] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:50] Combine all data for post `Total Eclipse (1995)`...
[16:32:50] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Total Eclipse (1995)`...
[16:32:50] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1871`...
[16:32:50] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Total Eclipse (1995)`
[16:32:50] CREATING `Total Eclipse (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:50] Associate post `Total Eclipse (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:50] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Total Eclipse (1995)` ...
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[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:50] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)` ...
[16:32:50] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:50] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:51] Record #181
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1873`...
[16:32:51] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)`
[16:32:51] CREATING `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:51] Associate post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:51] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/328262` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:51] ---
[16:32:51] Record #182
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1874`...
[16:32:51] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Unstrung Heroes (1995)`
[16:32:51] CREATING `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:51] Associate post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:51] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/328968` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `An early scene in “Men & Chicken” shows the actor Mads Mikkelsen, with curly hair and a mustache, in the role of Elias, on an awkward date with a woman he met online. She says she is impressed that Elias made the date to begin with because her profile picture, which shows her in a wheelchair, has turned off other men. Expressing interest in her job as a psychiatrist, Elias describes a dream, one in which he rapes a bird of some sort. His date interjects questions; Elias responds with annoyance, questioning her competence as a therapist. He subsequently retires to the men’s room and begins to masturbate in a stall. Yes. “Men & Chicken” is that kind of movie. He’s interrupted by a phone call from his brother Gabriel (David Dencik), who tells Elias that their father has died. It’s even more of that kind of movie when Elias and Gabriel discover their dead father is not their real father. The comically dimwitted brothers trek to a remote Danish island, where they discover three more brothers, who are loath to let the interlopers see the patriarch. Slapstick violence collides with an air of rot, and for a time the movie feels like a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a vintage Three Stooges short. And then there are the mutated chickens. All the weirdness is orchestrated with surprising understatement by the writer and director Anders Thomas Jensen, a well-established screenwriter and a bit of a cult figure, directorially, in his native land. The movie’s grave commitment to its own quirkiness is admirable, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to recommend it.` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Unstrung Heroes (1995)` ...
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[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:51] Record #183
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Unzipped (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Unzipped (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1875`...
[16:32:51] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Unzipped (1995)`
[16:32:51] CREATING `Unzipped (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:51] Associate post `Unzipped (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:51] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/329084` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The unofficial conclusion of an unofficial trilogy of holiday-themed multistar comedy vehicles directed by Garry Marshall, “Mother’s Day” has its perfunctory heart exactly where any experienced viewer would expect it to be. That is, in a fantasy world where, among other things, one older mother’s lifetime of bigotry can be cured by half an afternoon spent with a mixed-race child. The major players in this movie of intertwined story lines include Kate Hudson as a daughter and mom addicted to secrets; Jennifer Aniston as a frazzled divorced mom superirritated by her ex, played by Timothy Olyphant (who’s clearly dying to star in a biopic of Billy Bob Thornton); Julia Roberts as a high-powered childless career woman; and Britt Robertson as a young single mom who’s loath to marry her winsome British boyfriend because of her ambivalence about having been adopted. You will guess, immediately, who her mom turns out to be. The movie, a goopy, glossy mess with 10 times more respect for contrived sentimentality than for film grammar, is bereft of genuinely amusing jokes — Mr. Marshall really had some nerve naming his autobiography “Wake Me When It’s Funny.” Which is not to say the film lacks entertainment value. There’s unusual imagery, in the form of Ms. Roberts’s recycled wig. (Perhaps she had hoped to pass for a Julia Roberts impersonator.) There’s suspense, as when Jason Sudeikis, playing a single dad, sings “The Humpty Dance” for a roomful of children, and you wonder if he’ll make it to the line “I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.” And there are laughs, albeit inadvertent; the biggest comes courtesy of the production’s no-doubt overworked sound department, when Ms. Robertson utters “I have abandonment issues” without moving her mouth. GLENN KENNY “Mother’s Day” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for language of the sort that your mom may use with you if you take her to see this movie.` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Unzipped (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
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[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:51] ---
[16:32:51] Record #184
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1876`...
[16:32:51] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)`
[16:32:51] CREATING `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:51] Associate post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:51] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/330525` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `“Mothers and Daughters” is full of recognizable stars and heartfelt conversations. Unfortunately, it’s largely devoid of the kind of character development that can give such conversations real impact. The movie — directed by Paul Duddridge and released, of course, just in time for Mother’s Day weekend — works an intersecting-stories structure as it follows several mother-daughter pairs through tensions, tears and reconciliations. The cast includes Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Courteney Cox, Mira Sorvino, Christina Ricci and Eva Amurri Martino (Ms. Sarandon’s real daughter), and they are tasked with cutting right to the chase. Having multiple plotlines eats time, and, as a result, Paige Cameron, the screenwriter, doesn’t really lay much of a foundation for any of these relationships; instead, we’ve barely registered who’s who before we are plunged into the heart-to-hearts. Subtlety is not on the agenda here, either; these are big-moment stories that involve pregnancies, revelations about who is whose biological parent, and so on. The dialogue — much of it delivered via video conference calls, for some reason — is the kind of Lifetime movie stuff that will probably strike a chord with mothers and daughters who have had similar conversations or wish they had. “When you were born, and I saw you, I didn’t know that I could ever need anything that badly, that I could ever love anything that much,” Ms. Sarandon’s character tells her daughter. But what kind of relationship led to such earnest soul-baring? We’re left to imagine. NEIL GENZLINGER “Mothers and Daughters” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for mature themes.` for post `Walk in the Clouds, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/333768` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `“A terrible beauty is born,” Yeats wrote in his poem “Easter 1916,” about Ireland’s fight for independence from the British. But the 30 centenarians facing the camera in Alex Fegan’s delightful documentary “Older Than Ireland” are simply beautiful: frail, yes, but wise, wry, flinty, funny and sometimes very tender. All were born before the Easter Rising, an event widely celebrated this year that sparked the explosion in patriotism that ultimately led to the founding of the Irish Republic. The film begins with a gently frivolous tone, to a light piano score. In largely flat, symmetrical compositions, its subjects address questions: How does it feel to be 100? What’s the secret to longevity? What was school like? (Lots of corporal punishment, apparently.) Then it moves into more haunting recollections: Bessie Nolan, 103, recalls the day of the Easter Rising. Jackie O’Sullivan, 102, met the rebels Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera. Among others, Michael O’Connor, 101, and Flann Brennan, 101, describe the vicious predations of the Black and Tans. Jack Powell, 101, remembers the early emergence of the Irish Republican Army. Some passages — descriptions of dance halls, first kisses (“a snoggle in the ditch”), wedding proposals, tearful partings with emigrants to America and with dying spouses — are downright poignant. As for inevitable fate, Ms. Nolan says, “I’m looking forward to the hereafter.” It’s often said that the Irish, blessed with the gift of gab, can be splendid raconteurs. You’ll find generous evidence to that effect here. And a bit of poetry as well.` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `“A terrible beauty is born,” Yeats wrote in his poem “Easter 1916,” about Ireland’s fight for independence from the British. But the 30 centenarians facing the camera in Alex Fegan’s delightful documentary “Older Than Ireland” are simply beautiful: frail, yes, but wise, wry, flinty, funny and sometimes very tender. All were born before the Easter Rising, an event widely celebrated this year that sparked the explosion in patriotism that ultimately led to the founding of the Irish Republic. The film begins with a gently frivolous tone, to a light piano score. In largely flat, symmetrical compositions, its subjects address questions: How does it feel to be 100? What’s the secret to longevity? What was school like? (Lots of corporal punishment, apparently.) Then it moves into more haunting recollections: Bessie Nolan, 103, recalls the day of the Easter Rising. Jackie O’Sullivan, 102, met the rebels Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera. Among others, Michael O’Connor, 101, and Flann Brennan, 101, describe the vicious predations of the Black and Tans. Jack Powell, 101, remembers the early emergence of the Irish Republican Army. Some passages — descriptions of dance halls, first kisses (“a snoggle in the ditch”), wedding proposals, tearful partings with emigrants to America and with dying spouses — are downright poignant. As for inevitable fate, Ms. Nolan says, “I’m looking forward to the hereafter.” It’s often said that the Irish, blessed with the gift of gab, can be splendid raconteurs. You’ll find generous evidence to that effect here. And a bit of poetry as well.` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `White Man's Burden (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] IMAGES:
[16:32:51] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:51] ---
[16:32:51] Record #187
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Browning Version, The (1994)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Browning Version, The (1994)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1879`...
[16:32:51] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Browning Version, The (1994)`
[16:32:51] CREATING `Browning Version, The (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:51] Associate post `Browning Version, The (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:51] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `“Pali Road” is a decent romantic thriller with an uncredited co-star: the state of Hawaii, where it was filmed. The acting is on the wooden side, but the scenery is gorgeous. Lily (the Taiwanese actress Michelle Chen) is a young doctor who is coveted by a fellow physician, Mitch (Sung Kang), but is in a relationship with an elementary-school teacher named Neil (Jackson Rathbone of the “Twilight” movies). After she is in a car crash — the film’s title is a reference to a real stretch of roadway in Hawaii that has a reputation for strange occurrences — she wakes up in an unfamiliar world: She is married to Mitch and has a son, and no one in her life has ever heard of Neil. Jonathan Lim, directing a screenplay by Doc Pedrolie and Victoria Arch, juggles the possibilities pretty well. Is Lily crazy? Is she the victim of an elaborate plot orchestrated by Mitch? Henry Ian Cusick lends a creepy air as a counselor who may or may not have her best interests at heart as he coaxes her to accept the reality she sees. A lot of the weight of selling the story falls on Ms. Chen, and she’s not entirely up to the challenge, but Mr. Lim is able to build suspense anyway. The film might have been more interesting had it delved further into the darker possibilities. Mr. Lim, though, ultimately lets romance be the dominant theme — the love we want, the love we missed out on, the love we get — and there’s some satisfaction there. NEIL GENZLINGER “Pali Road” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for a few scary moments.` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/335459` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `“Pali Road” is a decent romantic thriller with an uncredited co-star: the state of Hawaii, where it was filmed. The acting is on the wooden side, but the scenery is gorgeous. Lily (the Taiwanese actress Michelle Chen) is a young doctor who is coveted by a fellow physician, Mitch (Sung Kang), but is in a relationship with an elementary-school teacher named Neil (Jackson Rathbone of the “Twilight” movies). After she is in a car crash — the film’s title is a reference to a real stretch of roadway in Hawaii that has a reputation for strange occurrences — she wakes up in an unfamiliar world: She is married to Mitch and has a son, and no one in her life has ever heard of Neil. Jonathan Lim, directing a screenplay by Doc Pedrolie and Victoria Arch, juggles the possibilities pretty well. Is Lily crazy? Is she the victim of an elaborate plot orchestrated by Mitch? Henry Ian Cusick lends a creepy air as a counselor who may or may not have her best interests at heart as he coaxes her to accept the reality she sees. A lot of the weight of selling the story falls on Ms. Chen, and she’s not entirely up to the challenge, but Mr. Lim is able to build suspense anyway. The film might have been more interesting had it delved further into the darker possibilities. Mr. Lim, though, ultimately lets romance be the dominant theme — the love we want, the love we missed out on, the love we get — and there’s some satisfaction there. NEIL GENZLINGER “Pali Road” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for a few scary moments.` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `“Pali Road” is a decent romantic thriller with an uncredited co-star: the state of Hawaii, where it was filmed. The acting is on the wooden side, but the scenery is gorgeous. Lily (the Taiwanese actress Michelle Chen) is a young doctor who is coveted by a fellow physician, Mitch (Sung Kang), but is in a relationship with an elementary-school teacher named Neil (Jackson Rathbone of the “Twilight” movies). After she is in a car crash — the film’s title is a reference to a real stretch of roadway in Hawaii that has a reputation for strange occurrences — she wakes up in an unfamiliar world: She is married to Mitch and has a son, and no one in her life has ever heard of Neil. Jonathan Lim, directing a screenplay by Doc Pedrolie and Victoria Arch, juggles the possibilities pretty well. Is Lily crazy? Is she the victim of an elaborate plot orchestrated by Mitch? Henry Ian Cusick lends a creepy air as a counselor who may or may not have her best interests at heart as he coaxes her to accept the reality she sees. A lot of the weight of selling the story falls on Ms. Chen, and she’s not entirely up to the challenge, but Mr. Lim is able to build suspense anyway. The film might have been more interesting had it delved further into the darker possibilities. Mr. Lim, though, ultimately lets romance be the dominant theme — the love we want, the love we missed out on, the love we get — and there’s some satisfaction there. NEIL GENZLINGER “Pali Road” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for a few scary moments.` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Browning Version, The (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] IMAGES:
[16:32:51] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:51] CREATED `Browning Version, The (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2514)
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:51] ---
[16:32:51] Record #188
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1880`...
[16:32:51] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)`
[16:32:51] CREATING `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:51] Associate post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:51] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/335485` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] IMAGES:
[16:32:51] TAXONOMIES:
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `resource_category` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:51] CREATED `Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2515)
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:51] ---
[16:32:51] Record #189
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1881`...
[16:32:51] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)`
[16:32:51] CREATING `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:51] Associate post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:51] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/335549` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] IMAGES:
[16:32:51] TAXONOMIES:
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `resource_category` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:51] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:51] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:51] CREATED `Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2516)
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:51] ---
[16:32:51] Record #190
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Before Sunrise (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Before Sunrise (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1882`...
[16:32:51] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Before Sunrise (1995)`
[16:32:51] CREATING `Before Sunrise (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:51] Associate post `Before Sunrise (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:51] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Before Sunrise (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Before Sunrise (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Before Sunrise (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Before Sunrise (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Before Sunrise (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Billy Madison (1995)`...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Billy Madison (1995)` ...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Billy Madison (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] Record #192
[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Babysitter, The (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Babysitter, The (1995)`...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] Record #194
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[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Cure, The (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Cure, The (1995)`...
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[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Cure, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:51] Record #195
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[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Castle Freak (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Castle Freak (1995)`...
[16:32:51] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1887`...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Castle Freak (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Castle Freak (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Castle Freak (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Castle Freak (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Castle Freak (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Castle Freak (1995)` ...
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[16:32:51] Record #197
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[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Clerks (1994)`...
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[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/338598` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The Whit Stillman-esque romantic melodrama “Those People” goes to great lengths to humanize Manhattan’s upper crust, with generally successful results. Its hero, Charlie (Jonathan Gordon), a gay 27-year-old painter in graduate school, may have been raised among the Upper East Side elite, but that doesn’t keep him from agonized ambivalence when it comes to love. Even in his Manhattan of formal wear, glowing interiors, glittering nighttime streets and leisurely affluence, heartbreak rears its ugly head. Charlie has pined for his childhood friend Sebastian (Jason Ralph) for years. But the dissolute Sebastian — whose Bernie Madoff-like father has just been sent to prison for defrauding his moneyed peers out of millions — keeps Charlie at arm’s length, playing coy. When Charlie catches the eye of the worldly, slightly older Tim (Haaz Sleiman), a barroom musician and accomplished classical pianist, jealousies and long-repressed feelings emerge amid passionate hookups and tearful confrontations. Just whom will Charlie choose? The director, Joey Kuhn, making his feature debut from his own script, has created fairly credible and sympathetic characters, despite the 1-percenter milieu. The actors, especially Mr. Ralph, who could pass for a distant cousin of Dane DeHaan, are equally persuasive, though the plot’s contrivances eventually wear thin. It’s unfortunate that female characters, including Charlie’s mother (Allison Mackie) and Charlie and Sebastian’s friend Ursula (Britt Lower), compared with the men, are given short shrift. But thanks to the cinematographer Leonard D’Antoni, the locations, including Lincoln Center and the High Line, have rarely looked lovelier.` for post `Clerks (1994)` ...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] Record #198
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[16:32:51] Combine all data for post `Don Juan DeMarco (1995)`...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Don Juan DeMarco (1995)` ...
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Don Juan DeMarco (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Don Juan DeMarco (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Don Juan DeMarco (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Don Juan DeMarco (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Don Juan DeMarco (1995)` ...
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:51] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:51] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Don Juan DeMarco (1995)` ...
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[16:32:51] Record #199
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[16:32:52] Record #200
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[16:32:52] Combine all data for post `Drop Zone (1994)`...
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[16:32:52] Record #202
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The last time the director Luca Guadagnino trained his sights on Tilda Swinton, she was suffering under the Milanese sun in “I Am Love,” playing an unhappy wife fluttering in a gilded cage. This time, Ms. Swinton plays a rock star, Marianne Lane, who shortly after “A Bigger Splash” opens, is sunbathing au naturel next to a pool, as her lover, Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts), dozes nearby. They’re a delectable pair of sexy beasts, ensconced on a jaw-slackening compound on Pantelleria, a volcanic island in the strait of Sicily that’s within viewing distance of Tunisia. Marianne has recently had career-lengthening throat surgery, a procedure that’s rendered her near-speechless. With her preternatural stillness and sculptured hauteur, Ms. Swinton has always looked ready for her close-up with D. W. Griffith; few contemporary movie actresses can hold you with their gaze as effortlessly as she does. Marianne’s radio silence is a storytelling contrivance (for personal reasons, Ms. Swinton agreed to appear in the movie if she didn’t speak), but it adds to the character’s celebrity aura and deepens the sense of isolation conveyed by the location. And while Marianne whispers when she feels like it, her relative silence works both for Ms. Swinton — it draws you closer to her — and for Mr. Guadagnino, a voluptuary who revels in the surface beauty of the natural and unnatural worlds. Marianne and Paul’s private bliss-out is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of an old friend, a music producer, Harry (a sensational Ralph Fiennes), a motormouth who roars in with his daughter, Penelope (Dakota Johnson). She’s recently learned that Harry is her father and now, for reasons that thicken the mystery, he has dragged her to Pantelleria without a hotel reservation, which is how they end up crashing at Marianne and Paul’s hideaway. There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. 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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. A few years ago, the luxury-goods company Christian Dior recycled images of that film’s heartthrob attraction, Alain Delon, in an ad campaign for its cologne Eau Sauvage that used the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” The playlist for “A Bigger Splash” includes a couple of Stones songs as well, notably “Emotional Rescue,” which is in rotation with Harry Nilsson, Giuseppe Verdi, 1970s Brazilian classics and Hollywood’s eternal bad boy Robert Mitchum murdering the calypso ditty “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep.” Mr. Guadagnino, in other words, knows how to decorate a movie, from Marianne’s manicured head to Penelope’s perfectly photographed bellybutton. Every fetishized element — the glorious house, the tiled pool, Marianne’s Dior outfits and the scrubbiest of vistas — looks ravishing, ready for a close-up, too. The world that Mr. Guadagnino creates is at once seductive and aspirational, and another reminder that movies have always excelled at stoking consumer desires. Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. Consciously or not, Mr. Guadagnino makes a more convincing political case when he just lets his characters meander and do what they do best, which is living idly, fabulously. You could read an entire history of civilization and capitalism in how Marianne drapes her legs across a lounger or strides into a humble Italian home to sample some homemade ricotta. Ms. Swinton conveys casual entitlement like someone to the manner born, which gives Marianne’s teasing exchanges with Harry an increasingly discomfiting quality. Harry has come to the island for something he feverishly wants and believes he needs. He’s a man on a desperate mission, one that Mr. Fiennes, with a wildly flapping mouth and manic limbs, turns into a raw, indelible portrait of loss. “A Bigger Splash” is rated R (under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Adults behaving like adults, only naughtier and far nastier. Running time: 2 hours 4 minutes.` for post `Death and the Maiden (1994)` ...
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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. A few years ago, the luxury-goods company Christian Dior recycled images of that film’s heartthrob attraction, Alain Delon, in an ad campaign for its cologne Eau Sauvage that used the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” The playlist for “A Bigger Splash” includes a couple of Stones songs as well, notably “Emotional Rescue,” which is in rotation with Harry Nilsson, Giuseppe Verdi, 1970s Brazilian classics and Hollywood’s eternal bad boy Robert Mitchum murdering the calypso ditty “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep.” Mr. Guadagnino, in other words, knows how to decorate a movie, from Marianne’s manicured head to Penelope’s perfectly photographed bellybutton. Every fetishized element — the glorious house, the tiled pool, Marianne’s Dior outfits and the scrubbiest of vistas — looks ravishing, ready for a close-up, too. The world that Mr. Guadagnino creates is at once seductive and aspirational, and another reminder that movies have always excelled at stoking consumer desires. Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. 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His performance elevates an ominous, downbeat reflection on American decline and runaway technology into a subdued absurdist farce with dark geopolitical undercurrents. The movie is set in 2010, when America was still reeling from the financial crisis and months before the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings that eventually transformed much of the Middle East into a grisly battleground. In the surreal opening scene, Alan walks down a suburban street, loudly singing the Talking Heads song “Once in a Lifetime,” whose narrator asks you to imagine losing your house and your wife. All at once, we have landed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in a topsy-turvy world of technological disruption and hierarchal imbalance. Alan is in a wretched state when he arrives. Broke, depressed, newly divorced and desperate to regain his financial footing, he is acutely aware that his entire future depends on the successful completion of a deal involving the sale of a miraculous invention that suggests the modern equivalent of Aladdin’s magic lamp. Later in the movie, we see a brief, underwhelming demonstration of its wonders. From the moment Alan lands, he encounters humiliating obstacles. The king, he is told, is away but is expected back very soon. But the days drag on, and the lives of Alan and the three-person I.T. support team that preceded him become a Beckettian waiting game. Instead of a modern hotel, Alan finds his assistants languishing in a sweltering tent without air-conditioning or Wi-Fi in the King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade, a fictionalized version of King Abdullah Economic City. This metropolis, still under construction, consists of mostly empty skyscrapers. The scenes in which he wanders through this desolate ghost city, which seems in a state of suspension, are among the film’s strongest. Jet-lagged and sleep-deprived, Alan tries in vain to find his bearings, while obsessing about a strange lump on his back that he unsuccessfully tries to remove. His tentative surgery on himself leads him to consult Zahra Hakem (Sarita Choudhury, from “Homeland”), a Saudi doctor with whom he develops an unlikely romantic connection. A screen adaptation of “A Hologram for the King” could have taken any of several approaches. It could have been a satire of American provincialism and culture clash in a tech-dependent world, with Alan portrayed as a bumbling, overconfident fool living in the past. But Mr. Hanks’s embodiment of an unflappably positive, if frustrated, American Everyman, who refuses to give up or to surrender his can-do attitude, grounds the movie. Somehow, you suspect, his situation will be resolved by good old-fashioned American know-how. Alan becomes infuriated but never enraged. Confronting disaster, he grits his teeth and puts on an optimistic face. Mr. Hanks, in his best clownish mode, scrunches his features into all manner of amusing grimaces. But even when Alan is on the brink of nervous exhaustion, you trust him to find the answers. The movie’s weaker scenes try to fill in his background and family history with flashbacks, in which we meet his ex-wife and daughter, whose college tuition he can’t afford. His father (Tom Skerritt) bitterly deplores the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. As a former executive for the Schwinn Bicycle Company, Alan, we learn, once shipped jobs abroad. Much of “A Hologram for the King” feels like science fiction. We’re familiar with pictures of the futuristic towers of Dubai, flickering in the heat. 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[16:32:52] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:52] CREATED `Dumb & Dumber (Dumb and Dumber) (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2531)
[16:32:52] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:52] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:52] ---
[16:32:52] Record #205
[16:32:52] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:52] Combine all data for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)`...
[16:32:52] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)`...
[16:32:52] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1897`...
[16:32:52] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)`
[16:32:52] CREATING `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:53] Associate post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:53] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/342366` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Brian (Brian Sheppard) is a poet seeking more than a quick hookup. The infuriatingly bratty Jim (Zack Ryan), an aspiring actor, is the live-in boyfriend of Drew (Colman Domingo), an older world-famous metal sculptor who adores him. But Jim is so jealous of Drew’s devotion to art that he feels neglected and threatens to move out. Bob (John Lescault) is a rich, sleazy Hollywood talent agent in his mid-60s who cruises around in a white limousine looking to pay for sex. Why he’s in Philadelphia, of all cities, is never explained. The gay street scene depicted in the movie feels more like the 1970s than now, and the film’s dominant mood is one of feverish desperation and hunger. Lessons are learned, but the movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Brian (Brian Sheppard) is a poet seeking more than a quick hookup. The infuriatingly bratty Jim (Zack Ryan), an aspiring actor, is the live-in boyfriend of Drew (Colman Domingo), an older world-famous metal sculptor who adores him. But Jim is so jealous of Drew’s devotion to art that he feels neglected and threatens to move out. Bob (John Lescault) is a rich, sleazy Hollywood talent agent in his mid-60s who cruises around in a white limousine looking to pay for sex. Why he’s in Philadelphia, of all cities, is never explained. The gay street scene depicted in the movie feels more like the 1970s than now, and the film’s dominant mood is one of feverish desperation and hunger. Lessons are learned, but the movie is in dire need of character development and a wider social context.` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:53] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:53] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:53] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:53] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:53] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:53] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:53] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:53] CREATED `Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2532)
[16:32:53] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:53] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:53] ---
[16:32:53] Record #206
[16:32:53] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:53] Combine all data for post `Exotica (1994)`...
[16:32:53] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Exotica (1994)`...
[16:32:53] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1898`...
[16:32:53] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Exotica (1994)`
[16:32:53] CREATING `Exotica (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:53] Associate post `Exotica (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:53] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `In “Being Charlie,” the director Rob Reiner breaks out of his sentimental sitcom mode to focus on the angst of a rich, entitled Los Angeles family. The title character, Charlie Mills (Nick Robinson), is its spoiled golden boy, a surly drug-addicted brat we first meet on his 18th birthday as he abandons the latest in a series of rehab institutions. This sour apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree. Charlie’s father, David (Cary Elwes), is a stunningly fatuous candidate for California governor who made his fortune as the star of a blockbuster Hollywood franchise about pirates. With his slicked blond hair and cold, arrogant sneer, this politician-come-lately is an empty suit robotically shaking hands while spewing inane platitudes at meet-and-greets. He has a fractious relationship with his tense, neurotic wife, Liseanne (Susan Misner). “Being Charlie” has a strong autobiographical component. According to the production notes, Nick Reiner (the director’s son) wrote the screenplay with Matt Elisofon, whom he met in rehab. Charlie, like Mr. Elisofon, is an aspiring stand-up comedian. And the brief scenes of Charlie on the stage reveal him to be a brash show-off with at least a modicum of talent. Let’s assume that Rob Reiner made a movie peopled with disagreeable characters to transcend the feel-good clichés of the nostalgic family entertainments for which he’s known with a more realistic film about contemporary issues. But the movie’s refusal to abandon commercial formulas and examine its characters’ inner lives suggests that the director’s years inside the Hollywood bubble may have prevented him from recognizing the degree to which independent films and television are already overrun with deeper, more sensitive explorations of addiction and recovery. When Charlie inevitably relapses and trolls Los Angeles’s meaner streets for a fix, you feel little sympathy for a character so shallow he seems incapable of introspection. Father-son confrontations and tough-love warnings from a rehab counselor (played by Common) are little more than boilerplate harangues. The movie’s first of many mistakes is to throw in a girlfriend from rehab, Eva (Morgan Saylor), with whom Charlie flouts rules that discourage romantic relationships among patients. Although Ms. Saylor brings some personality to her turbulent, unfocused character, you have the queasy sense that somebody decided the movie needed a pretty woman to give it some juice. But soon enough, “Being Charlie” forgets about Eva to concentrate on Charlie’s gruesome relapse on the eve of the governor’s election, and David’s having to cope with the negative publicity about his son’s behavior. It takes a drug-related tragedy to bring Charlie to his senses. The perfunctory upbeat ending leaves you unconvinced that worst is over. “Being Charlie” is not rated. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/342389` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `In “Being Charlie,” the director Rob Reiner breaks out of his sentimental sitcom mode to focus on the angst of a rich, entitled Los Angeles family. The title character, Charlie Mills (Nick Robinson), is its spoiled golden boy, a surly drug-addicted brat we first meet on his 18th birthday as he abandons the latest in a series of rehab institutions. This sour apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree. Charlie’s father, David (Cary Elwes), is a stunningly fatuous candidate for California governor who made his fortune as the star of a blockbuster Hollywood franchise about pirates. With his slicked blond hair and cold, arrogant sneer, this politician-come-lately is an empty suit robotically shaking hands while spewing inane platitudes at meet-and-greets. He has a fractious relationship with his tense, neurotic wife, Liseanne (Susan Misner). “Being Charlie” has a strong autobiographical component. According to the production notes, Nick Reiner (the director’s son) wrote the screenplay with Matt Elisofon, whom he met in rehab. Charlie, like Mr. Elisofon, is an aspiring stand-up comedian. And the brief scenes of Charlie on the stage reveal him to be a brash show-off with at least a modicum of talent. Let’s assume that Rob Reiner made a movie peopled with disagreeable characters to transcend the feel-good clichés of the nostalgic family entertainments for which he’s known with a more realistic film about contemporary issues. But the movie’s refusal to abandon commercial formulas and examine its characters’ inner lives suggests that the director’s years inside the Hollywood bubble may have prevented him from recognizing the degree to which independent films and television are already overrun with deeper, more sensitive explorations of addiction and recovery. When Charlie inevitably relapses and trolls Los Angeles’s meaner streets for a fix, you feel little sympathy for a character so shallow he seems incapable of introspection. Father-son confrontations and tough-love warnings from a rehab counselor (played by Common) are little more than boilerplate harangues. The movie’s first of many mistakes is to throw in a girlfriend from rehab, Eva (Morgan Saylor), with whom Charlie flouts rules that discourage romantic relationships among patients. Although Ms. Saylor brings some personality to her turbulent, unfocused character, you have the queasy sense that somebody decided the movie needed a pretty woman to give it some juice. But soon enough, “Being Charlie” forgets about Eva to concentrate on Charlie’s gruesome relapse on the eve of the governor’s election, and David’s having to cope with the negative publicity about his son’s behavior. It takes a drug-related tragedy to bring Charlie to his senses. The perfunctory upbeat ending leaves you unconvinced that worst is over. “Being Charlie” is not rated. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `In “Being Charlie,” the director Rob Reiner breaks out of his sentimental sitcom mode to focus on the angst of a rich, entitled Los Angeles family. The title character, Charlie Mills (Nick Robinson), is its spoiled golden boy, a surly drug-addicted brat we first meet on his 18th birthday as he abandons the latest in a series of rehab institutions. This sour apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree. Charlie’s father, David (Cary Elwes), is a stunningly fatuous candidate for California governor who made his fortune as the star of a blockbuster Hollywood franchise about pirates. With his slicked blond hair and cold, arrogant sneer, this politician-come-lately is an empty suit robotically shaking hands while spewing inane platitudes at meet-and-greets. He has a fractious relationship with his tense, neurotic wife, Liseanne (Susan Misner). “Being Charlie” has a strong autobiographical component. According to the production notes, Nick Reiner (the director’s son) wrote the screenplay with Matt Elisofon, whom he met in rehab. Charlie, like Mr. Elisofon, is an aspiring stand-up comedian. And the brief scenes of Charlie on the stage reveal him to be a brash show-off with at least a modicum of talent. Let’s assume that Rob Reiner made a movie peopled with disagreeable characters to transcend the feel-good clichés of the nostalgic family entertainments for which he’s known with a more realistic film about contemporary issues. But the movie’s refusal to abandon commercial formulas and examine its characters’ inner lives suggests that the director’s years inside the Hollywood bubble may have prevented him from recognizing the degree to which independent films and television are already overrun with deeper, more sensitive explorations of addiction and recovery. When Charlie inevitably relapses and trolls Los Angeles’s meaner streets for a fix, you feel little sympathy for a character so shallow he seems incapable of introspection. Father-son confrontations and tough-love warnings from a rehab counselor (played by Common) are little more than boilerplate harangues. The movie’s first of many mistakes is to throw in a girlfriend from rehab, Eva (Morgan Saylor), with whom Charlie flouts rules that discourage romantic relationships among patients. Although Ms. Saylor brings some personality to her turbulent, unfocused character, you have the queasy sense that somebody decided the movie needed a pretty woman to give it some juice. But soon enough, “Being Charlie” forgets about Eva to concentrate on Charlie’s gruesome relapse on the eve of the governor’s election, and David’s having to cope with the negative publicity about his son’s behavior. It takes a drug-related tragedy to bring Charlie to his senses. The perfunctory upbeat ending leaves you unconvinced that worst is over. “Being Charlie” is not rated. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Exotica (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Exit to Eden (1994)` ...
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Exit to Eden (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:53] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Exit to Eden (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Exit to Eden (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Exit to Eden (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Exit to Eden (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Exit to Eden (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `“Bourek,” which takes its title from a flaky Mediterranean pastry, is described in the publicity notes, somewhat optimistically, as a comedy. Viewers, however, are unlikely to be more than marginally amused by its fair-to-middling acting, enervated plot and forcibly diverse group of drifting souls gathered on the fictional Greek island of Khronos. That island, though, is languidly pretty, photographed in tones of butterscotch and cerulean by the Serbian cinematographer Vladimir Subotic (a regular collaborator of the writer and director, Vladan Nikolic). In this burnished idyll, assorted characters bicker and lounge against a backdrop of news reports heralding social and financial catastrophe. An American billionaire (William Leroy) hunkers with his money and his gold-digging honey, waiting for the apocalypse promised by a white-suited televangelist (gustily played by Paul Sevigny, Chloë Sevigny’s brother). A radiant Greek woman (Katerina Misichroni) struggles to protect her debt-squeezed restaurant from a pushy developer while caring for an amnesiac British D.J. Around them, a flotsam of idiosyncratic travelers — a Yeats-quoting Libyan refugee; a Turkish drug dealer-cum-baker — ebbs and flows, saddled with naïvely hackneyed dialogue and a director who seems to be entertaining only himself. Yet Mr. Nikolic, whose 2015 feature “Allure” had an engaging originality that this movie lacks, has a talent for conjuring wistful disillusion among those buffeted by the winds of capitalism and change. When faced with disaster, he seems to be saying, go back to first principles: Eat, dance, fool around. And steal as much money as you can.` for post `Exit to Eden (1994)` ...
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[16:32:53] Record #208
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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I hate to disappoint, but I have to say that I’m not really feeling it. The cues are there, of course. An aura of vaguely topical importance is as vital to a superhero-franchise movie as a merchandising deal. So “Civil War” pauses for a few moments of chin-scratching and speechifying about whether a group of genetically advantaged, highly weaponized individuals should be brought under the supervision of the United Nations. More seriously — because, come on now, do you really think Captain America is going to put on a blue U.N. helmet? — the film glances at some of the moral complexities of modern warfare. The designated good guys are responsible for the deaths of innocents, and the question of their accountability hovers over the movie and sets its plot in motion. But this very crowded, reasonably enjoyable installment in the Avengers cycle — written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo — reveals, even more than its predecessors, an essential truth about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. 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I hate to disappoint, but I have to say that I’m not really feeling it. The cues are there, of course. An aura of vaguely topical importance is as vital to a superhero-franchise movie as a merchandising deal. So “Civil War” pauses for a few moments of chin-scratching and speechifying about whether a group of genetically advantaged, highly weaponized individuals should be brought under the supervision of the United Nations. More seriously — because, come on now, do you really think Captain America is going to put on a blue U.N. helmet? — the film glances at some of the moral complexities of modern warfare. The designated good guys are responsible for the deaths of innocents, and the question of their accountability hovers over the movie and sets its plot in motion. But this very crowded, reasonably enjoyable installment in the Avengers cycle — written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo — reveals, even more than its predecessors, an essential truth about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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[16:32:53] Record #209
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:53] Record #210
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[16:32:53] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `The Glass Shield (1994)`
[16:32:53] CREATING `The Glass Shield (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:53] Associate post `The Glass Shield (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:53] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/346095` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The absurdist kick in “Keanu,” the first movie to showcase Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele together, has a tiny tail and squeak. Beloved of crime lords and doofuses alike, Keanu the kitten shows up early, padding underfoot through one of those artfully staged drug labs — armed guards, white powder, ominous lighting — that’s soon lit up with the sights and sounds of heavy artillery. Much like the Buddhalicious star he’s named for, Keanu slips unscathed through the fast-and-furious raining bullets, miraculously dodging death as a heavenly chorus lays down an apocalyptic track. Kitten has skills. That’s the high-concept goof in “Keanu,” a 10-minute sketch that’s been inflated to bloated feature length. Running 90 minutes too long, the movie is a slack, erratically amusing excuse to watch Mr. Key and Mr. Peele tag-team after ending “Key & Peele,” their celebrated, often blazingly funny Comedy Central series that turned them into national memes. The road to Mr. Key and Mr. Peele’s future as movie headliners, though, will take more than kittens, guns and a riff on gangbangers head-bobbing to George Michael. What’s needed is a sharper, smarter edge, like the one they used on their show to lacerate pop-cultural and political targets; also, more and better jokes. The good news is that Mr. Key and Mr. Peele comfortably hold the big screen, whether they’re playing ordinary guys or imitating killers. The movie, which Mr. Peele wrote with the longtime “Key & Peele” contributor Alex Rubens, opens with the kitten running from the drug-lab shootout and landing at the door of Rell (Mr. Peele), who’s distraught after being dumped by his girlfriend. Like every man in the movie, Rell falls for the cat and — after rising from a miasma of pot smoke while flanked by posters for “New Jack City” and Michael Mann’s “Heat” — names his fluffy new friend Keanu. A new love is born, one that’s blessed by Rell’s cousin, Clarence (Mr. Key), if also nearly doomed. Things start cooking when Keanu disappears, forcing Rell and Clarence to play detective while chasing leads and kitten tail. They end up in a strip club, where women provide the topless decoration on and off the pole in a joint, bada bing, run by a gangster, Cheddar (Method Man), and his gunslingers. (The flat-liner here is that the crew calls itself the 17th Street Blips, à la the Crips and the Bloods.) There, Rell and Clarence, latter-day Hardy Boys, pretend to be hard-core criminals, a quickie makeover that largely involves putting a swagger in their step, talking street (or like black extras in an exploitation flick) and punctuating their cartoonish braggadocio with R-rated filler. On their show, Mr. Key and Mr. Peele turned code switching into an aesthetic principle, most famously in their sketches involving President Obama (brilliantly channeled by Mr. Peele) and his Anger Translator, Luther (Mr. Key). In “Keanu,” once Rell and Clarence start hanging with Cheddar’s group, they swap their everyday speech (“good English”) for tougher, rougher talk and haphazard grammar. They drop their final “g’s,” sprinkle on the “ain’ts” and vamp like gangbangers. It’s a metamorphosis that sounds like conceptual gold, as Mr. Key and Mr. Peele — drawing from the comedy of masquerade and playing with racially coded speech and behavior — turn a pair of amusing milquetoasts who happen to be black into black stereotypes right out of central casting. Rell and Clarence are performing thuggery, at least at first, walking the bad-man walk and talking the talk while frantically looking for the exit. And despite the sluggish passages and hum of unease, it’s fun watching these performers play with clichés amid a guest visit from Anna Faris and the sight of Clarence’s minivan’s becoming a safe space for gangsta sharing and caring. (The director is Peter Atencio, another “Key & Peele” veteran.) But as the genre machinery chugs along, the bang-bang begins to overwhelm the movie, and the underlying critique gives way to a what-me-worry shrug. Keanu may be Rell and Clarence’s power animal. But he’s no match for Liam “Neesons,” the character whom Mr. Key and Mr. Peele named in honor of the Hollywood hepcat who explodes minds and bodies both. “Keanu” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Bang bang, bleep bleep. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `The absurdist kick in “Keanu,” the first movie to showcase Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele together, has a tiny tail and squeak. Beloved of crime lords and doofuses alike, Keanu the kitten shows up early, padding underfoot through one of those artfully staged drug labs — armed guards, white powder, ominous lighting — that’s soon lit up with the sights and sounds of heavy artillery. Much like the Buddhalicious star he’s named for, Keanu slips unscathed through the fast-and-furious raining bullets, miraculously dodging death as a heavenly chorus lays down an apocalyptic track. Kitten has skills. That’s the high-concept goof in “Keanu,” a 10-minute sketch that’s been inflated to bloated feature length. Running 90 minutes too long, the movie is a slack, erratically amusing excuse to watch Mr. Key and Mr. Peele tag-team after ending “Key & Peele,” their celebrated, often blazingly funny Comedy Central series that turned them into national memes. The road to Mr. Key and Mr. Peele’s future as movie headliners, though, will take more than kittens, guns and a riff on gangbangers head-bobbing to George Michael. What’s needed is a sharper, smarter edge, like the one they used on their show to lacerate pop-cultural and political targets; also, more and better jokes. The good news is that Mr. Key and Mr. Peele comfortably hold the big screen, whether they’re playing ordinary guys or imitating killers. The movie, which Mr. Peele wrote with the longtime “Key & Peele” contributor Alex Rubens, opens with the kitten running from the drug-lab shootout and landing at the door of Rell (Mr. Peele), who’s distraught after being dumped by his girlfriend. Like every man in the movie, Rell falls for the cat and — after rising from a miasma of pot smoke while flanked by posters for “New Jack City” and Michael Mann’s “Heat” — names his fluffy new friend Keanu. A new love is born, one that’s blessed by Rell’s cousin, Clarence (Mr. Key), if also nearly doomed. Things start cooking when Keanu disappears, forcing Rell and Clarence to play detective while chasing leads and kitten tail. They end up in a strip club, where women provide the topless decoration on and off the pole in a joint, bada bing, run by a gangster, Cheddar (Method Man), and his gunslingers. (The flat-liner here is that the crew calls itself the 17th Street Blips, à la the Crips and the Bloods.) There, Rell and Clarence, latter-day Hardy Boys, pretend to be hard-core criminals, a quickie makeover that largely involves putting a swagger in their step, talking street (or like black extras in an exploitation flick) and punctuating their cartoonish braggadocio with R-rated filler. On their show, Mr. Key and Mr. Peele turned code switching into an aesthetic principle, most famously in their sketches involving President Obama (brilliantly channeled by Mr. Peele) and his Anger Translator, Luther (Mr. Key). In “Keanu,” once Rell and Clarence start hanging with Cheddar’s group, they swap their everyday speech (“good English”) for tougher, rougher talk and haphazard grammar. They drop their final “g’s,” sprinkle on the “ain’ts” and vamp like gangbangers. It’s a metamorphosis that sounds like conceptual gold, as Mr. Key and Mr. Peele — drawing from the comedy of masquerade and playing with racially coded speech and behavior — turn a pair of amusing milquetoasts who happen to be black into black stereotypes right out of central casting. Rell and Clarence are performing thuggery, at least at first, walking the bad-man walk and talking the talk while frantically looking for the exit. And despite the sluggish passages and hum of unease, it’s fun watching these performers play with clichés amid a guest visit from Anna Faris and the sight of Clarence’s minivan’s becoming a safe space for gangsta sharing and caring. (The director is Peter Atencio, another “Key & Peele” veteran.) But as the genre machinery chugs along, the bang-bang begins to overwhelm the movie, and the underlying critique gives way to a what-me-worry shrug. Keanu may be Rell and Clarence’s power animal. But he’s no match for Liam “Neesons,” the character whom Mr. Key and Mr. Peele named in honor of the Hollywood hepcat who explodes minds and bodies both. “Keanu” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Bang bang, bleep bleep. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `The Glass Shield (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:53] - Importing taxonomy `resource_category` ...
[16:32:53] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:53] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:53] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:53] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:53] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:53] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:53] CREATED `The Glass Shield (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2545)
[16:32:53] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:53] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:53] ---
[16:32:53] Record #219
[16:32:53] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:53] Combine all data for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)`...
[16:32:53] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)`...
[16:32:53] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1911`...
[16:32:53] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Hoop Dreams (1994)`
[16:32:53] CREATING `Hoop Dreams (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:53] Associate post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:53] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Hoop Dreams (1994)` ...
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[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Heavenly Creatures (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Heavenly Creatures (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Heavenly Creatures (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:53] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Heavenly Creatures (1994)` ...
[16:32:53] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:53] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:54] Record #221
[16:32:54] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:54] Combine all data for post `Houseguest (1994)`...
[16:32:54] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Houseguest (1994)`...
[16:32:54] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1913`...
[16:32:54] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Houseguest (1994)`
[16:32:54] CREATING `Houseguest (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:54] Associate post `Houseguest (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:54] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/346880` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Houseguest (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:54] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:54] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:54] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
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[16:32:54] CREATED `Houseguest (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2548)
[16:32:54] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:54] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:54] ---
[16:32:54] Record #222
[16:32:54] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:54] Combine all data for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)`...
[16:32:54] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)`...
[16:32:54] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1914`...
[16:32:54] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Immortal Beloved (1994)`
[16:32:54] CREATING `Immortal Beloved (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:54] Associate post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:54] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/346931` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `An early scene in “Men & Chicken” shows the actor Mads Mikkelsen, with curly hair and a mustache, in the role of Elias, on an awkward date with a woman he met online. She says she is impressed that Elias made the date to begin with because her profile picture, which shows her in a wheelchair, has turned off other men. Expressing interest in her job as a psychiatrist, Elias describes a dream, one in which he rapes a bird of some sort. His date interjects questions; Elias responds with annoyance, questioning her competence as a therapist. He subsequently retires to the men’s room and begins to masturbate in a stall. Yes. “Men & Chicken” is that kind of movie. He’s interrupted by a phone call from his brother Gabriel (David Dencik), who tells Elias that their father has died. It’s even more of that kind of movie when Elias and Gabriel discover their dead father is not their real father. The comically dimwitted brothers trek to a remote Danish island, where they discover three more brothers, who are loath to let the interlopers see the patriarch. Slapstick violence collides with an air of rot, and for a time the movie feels like a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a vintage Three Stooges short. And then there are the mutated chickens. All the weirdness is orchestrated with surprising understatement by the writer and director Anders Thomas Jensen, a well-established screenwriter and a bit of a cult figure, directorially, in his native land. The movie’s grave commitment to its own quirkiness is admirable, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to recommend it.` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Immortal Beloved (1994)` ...
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[16:32:54] Record #224
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Ms. Saldana does her own singing, and while she has a fine voice, she lacks Ms. Simone’s lower register range and the uniquely Simonean tonal quality that was somehow both raw and silken, furious and sad. Still, the film, shot in cool, soft, vintagey colors by Mihai Malaimare Jr., works better as a lounge act than as a biography. The songs (including “Four Women,” “Wild Is the Wind,” “My Baby Just Cares for Me” and “See-Line Woman”) are still great. Even so, those interested in Simone’s art should listen to her records. Those curious about her life can check out “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” Liz Garbus’s recent, and excellent, documentary. Many of the important facts in that movie appear as footnotes or flashbacks in this one. An early scene shows Simone as a teenage piano prodigy in North Carolina, insisting that her parents be seated in the segregated hall where she is performing. 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Clifton, a nurse, treats her kindly and is aware of her fame, so she drops some cash on him (literally) and spirits him away to the South of France, where she leads a dissipated expat life. Existing on Champagne and cigarettes, she pouts and sleeps and swears at poor Clifton, refusing to eat the food he prepares her and occasionally throwing things at him. In her early 60s, she still intermittently performs and records, but her erratic behavior, some of it the result of bipolar disorder, keeps her from the comeback she desires and deserves. To the extent that “Nina” has a plot, it involves Clifton’s efforts to help her and preserve his own patience and dignity. But their interactions, too, feel like a weird cabaret act, or like outtakes from a sitcom about a crazy diva and her loyal servant. Ms. Mort’s writing lacks psychological texture, and her direction generates little intensity, or even continuity. To say nothing of relevance. 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[16:32:54] Record #226
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:54] Record #227
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[16:32:54] Combine all data for post `Jefferson in Paris (1995)`...
[16:32:54] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Jefferson in Paris (1995)`...
[16:32:54] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1919`...
[16:32:54] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Jefferson in Paris (1995)`
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Jefferson in Paris (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Jefferson in Paris (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] Record #228
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[16:32:54] Combine all data for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)`...
[16:32:54] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)`...
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/348153` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Jerky Boys, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:54] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:54] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:54] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:54] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:54] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:54] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:54] Record #229
[16:32:54] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:54] Combine all data for post `Junior (1994)`...
[16:32:54] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Junior (1994)`...
[16:32:54] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1921`...
[16:32:54] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Junior (1994)`
[16:32:54] CREATING `Junior (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:54] Associate post `Junior (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:54] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/348290` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:54] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Junior (1994)` ...
[16:32:54] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:54] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Biblical`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Biblical` resource_category, ID 667, slug `biblical` ...
[16:32:54] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:54] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:55] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:55] CREATED `Junior (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2556)
[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:55] ---
[16:32:55] Record #230
[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:55] Combine all data for post `Just Cause (1995)`...
[16:32:55] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Just Cause (1995)`...
[16:32:55] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1922`...
[16:32:55] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Just Cause (1995)`
[16:32:55] CREATING `Just Cause (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:55] Associate post `Just Cause (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:55] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Just Cause (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] Record #231
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[16:32:55] Combine all data for post `Kid in King Arthur's Court, A (1995)`...
[16:32:55] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Kid in King Arthur's Court, A (1995)`...
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Kid in King Arthur's Court, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Kid in King Arthur's Court, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Kid in King Arthur's Court, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:55] Record #232
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[16:32:55] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Kiss of Death (1995)`...
[16:32:55] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1924`...
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[16:32:55] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Is “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” the worst movie of the year? It’s too early to say, of course, and it’s a complicated question, since there are so many varieties of bad movie. There are grandiose failures driven by overreaching ambition. There are spectacles of stupefying incompetence. Dumb ideas and baffling choices are never in short supply. Nor are follies and blunders and train wrecks. The conventional wisdom holds that none of these disasters happen on purpose, that nobody ever sets out to make a bad movie. “The Huntsman” challenges that idea, since it seems to be exactly the movie that the money behind it wanted to see made. Its badness is not extreme, but exemplary: It’s everything wrong with Hollywood today stuffed into a little less than two hours. This is especially dispiriting because “Snow White and the Huntsman” — in relation to which this “Huntsman” is both sequel and prequel — was far from a terrible piece of entertainment. It was a dark, blood-tinged modern interpretation of an old fairy tale, with tough Cockney dwarves and a memorable villain in the regal, wrathful person of Charlize Theron’s Ravenna. That movie, directed by Rupert Sanders, could be described as a reimagining of the Snow White story. It found a new idea in old material. “Winter’s War,” in contrast, directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan from a many-authored script, is more of a de-imagining. It has no ideas at all, just secondhand and half-baked concepts. Every resonant theme or intriguing story possibility is stripped away and replaced with a ready-made franchise-movie conceit. The filmmakers compensate for emptiness with redundancy. There are two pairs of funny dwarves and two imperious villainesses and a love interest for the title character. (Snow White, played by Kristen Stewart once upon a time in 2011, is no longer around). More is not more. Ravenna has a sister named Freya, who is played by Emily Blunt. Ms. Theron shows up early and late, at one point in a costume of golden feathers that makes her look like the mascot for a superglamorous drive-through fried-chicken joint. Freya, who shoots ice crystals out of her fingertips, presides over a frozen kingdom and is motivated to do evil out of thwarted maternal feelings. This is an interesting example of Hollywood sexism at work. Disappointed love of some kind — romantic in Ravenna’s case, parental in Freya’s — seems to be a requirement for female evildoing. Guys, on the other hand, can be bad just for the power-hungry fun of it. Freya kidnaps children from the lands she conquers and raises them to be ruthless warriors. One of them grows up to be Eric (Chris Hemsworth), the hunky Huntsman who helped Snow White vanquish Ravenna. That momentous victory is pretty much yada yada’ed in the middle of “Winter’s War,” which is mostly about the star-crossed, action-screwball romance between Eric and Sara (Jessica Chastain), a fellow child soldier. The movie is most awkward when it tries to hybridize its bedtime-story, Disney-stamped DNA with the genetic stock of contemporary cable drama. Its ideal audience seems to be 12-year-olds who secretly watch “Game of Thrones” and “Outlander,” or maybe their parents. There is not as much blood and skin on display here, of course, but the movie seems desperate for the grown-up credibility that hints of sex and gore might offer. The dwarves (Nick Frost, Rob Brydon, Sheridan Smith and Alexandra Roach) supply touches of pseudo-naughty humor. Poor Ms. Chastain and Mr. Hemsworth must spar and swear their love in Scottish accents straight from the Groundskeeper Willie Academy of Dialect Sciences. “Yer a right galoot,” Sara says to Eric. She also stares stonily into that galoot’s eyes and says, “I’ve done terrible things.” Yes, but Ms. Chastain has also done “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Help” and “The Tree of Life,” so there’s no need for her to be so hard on herself. But there’s also no need for anyone to keep trying to spin beloved fairy tales into second-rate franchises. “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) because it wants to be taken seriously, I guess. Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes.` for post `Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Is “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” the worst movie of the year? It’s too early to say, of course, and it’s a complicated question, since there are so many varieties of bad movie. There are grandiose failures driven by overreaching ambition. There are spectacles of stupefying incompetence. Dumb ideas and baffling choices are never in short supply. Nor are follies and blunders and train wrecks. The conventional wisdom holds that none of these disasters happen on purpose, that nobody ever sets out to make a bad movie. “The Huntsman” challenges that idea, since it seems to be exactly the movie that the money behind it wanted to see made. Its badness is not extreme, but exemplary: It’s everything wrong with Hollywood today stuffed into a little less than two hours. This is especially dispiriting because “Snow White and the Huntsman” — in relation to which this “Huntsman” is both sequel and prequel — was far from a terrible piece of entertainment. It was a dark, blood-tinged modern interpretation of an old fairy tale, with tough Cockney dwarves and a memorable villain in the regal, wrathful person of Charlize Theron’s Ravenna. That movie, directed by Rupert Sanders, could be described as a reimagining of the Snow White story. It found a new idea in old material. “Winter’s War,” in contrast, directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan from a many-authored script, is more of a de-imagining. It has no ideas at all, just secondhand and half-baked concepts. Every resonant theme or intriguing story possibility is stripped away and replaced with a ready-made franchise-movie conceit. The filmmakers compensate for emptiness with redundancy. There are two pairs of funny dwarves and two imperious villainesses and a love interest for the title character. (Snow White, played by Kristen Stewart once upon a time in 2011, is no longer around). More is not more. Ravenna has a sister named Freya, who is played by Emily Blunt. Ms. Theron shows up early and late, at one point in a costume of golden feathers that makes her look like the mascot for a superglamorous drive-through fried-chicken joint. Freya, who shoots ice crystals out of her fingertips, presides over a frozen kingdom and is motivated to do evil out of thwarted maternal feelings. This is an interesting example of Hollywood sexism at work. Disappointed love of some kind — romantic in Ravenna’s case, parental in Freya’s — seems to be a requirement for female evildoing. Guys, on the other hand, can be bad just for the power-hungry fun of it. Freya kidnaps children from the lands she conquers and raises them to be ruthless warriors. One of them grows up to be Eric (Chris Hemsworth), the hunky Huntsman who helped Snow White vanquish Ravenna. That momentous victory is pretty much yada yada’ed in the middle of “Winter’s War,” which is mostly about the star-crossed, action-screwball romance between Eric and Sara (Jessica Chastain), a fellow child soldier. The movie is most awkward when it tries to hybridize its bedtime-story, Disney-stamped DNA with the genetic stock of contemporary cable drama. Its ideal audience seems to be 12-year-olds who secretly watch “Game of Thrones” and “Outlander,” or maybe their parents. There is not as much blood and skin on display here, of course, but the movie seems desperate for the grown-up credibility that hints of sex and gore might offer. The dwarves (Nick Frost, Rob Brydon, Sheridan Smith and Alexandra Roach) supply touches of pseudo-naughty humor. Poor Ms. Chastain and Mr. Hemsworth must spar and swear their love in Scottish accents straight from the Groundskeeper Willie Academy of Dialect Sciences. “Yer a right galoot,” Sara says to Eric. She also stares stonily into that galoot’s eyes and says, “I’ve done terrible things.” Yes, but Ms. Chastain has also done “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Help” and “The Tree of Life,” so there’s no need for her to be so hard on herself. But there’s also no need for anyone to keep trying to spin beloved fairy tales into second-rate franchises. “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) because it wants to be taken seriously, I guess. Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes.` for post `Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:55] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:55] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:55] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:55] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:55] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:55] ---
[16:32:55] Record #234
[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:55] Combine all data for post `Little Women (1994)`...
[16:32:55] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Little Women (1994)`...
[16:32:55] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1926`...
[16:32:55] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Little Women (1994)`
[16:32:55] CREATING `Little Women (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:55] Associate post `Little Women (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:55] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `It’s time for Dev Patel to add fresh paints to his palette. This talented actor — who got his feature start in Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” — has largely specialized in handsome, earnest and well-meaning characters (in both “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” movies and the canceled HBO series “The Newsroom”). Now comes “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” Matthew Brown’s respectful and, yes, earnest biopic about the early-20th-century mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who found the divine in integers. Ramanujan, who was mentored by the Cambridge professor G. H. Hardy, eventually became the first Indian to hold a fellowship at Trinity College. We first meet the young, married Ramanujan in a temple in Madras (now Chennai) in India, scrawling mathematical notations like a man possessed. Despite the skepticism of his British boss (a haughty Stephen Fry, barely seen), Ramanujan contacts Hardy (Jeremy Irons) at Trinity with his ideas. And soon he leaves his wife and mother for England. Initially resistant to proofs, he eventually delivers the goods — which yield, among other things, discoveries in the partition of numbers — defying Cambridge bigots and warming the heart of the clinical, atheistic Hardy, as well as those of the scholars Bertrand Russell (Jeremy Northam) and J. E. Littlewood (Toby Jones). Tidy production values are present (Cambridge locations lend verisimilitude), as is a convenient historical omission (specifically, the real Mr. Ramanujan’s marriage to a 10-year-old girl when he was 21). Mr. Irons handily hits the emotional beats, as does Mr. Patel, as Ramanujan confronts incipient tuberculosis. But perhaps Mr. Patel is now ready to try his hand at a sinner, not a saint. “The Man Who Knew Infinity” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for thematic elements and smoking.` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/352001` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `It’s time for Dev Patel to add fresh paints to his palette. This talented actor — who got his feature start in Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” — has largely specialized in handsome, earnest and well-meaning characters (in both “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” movies and the canceled HBO series “The Newsroom”). Now comes “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” Matthew Brown’s respectful and, yes, earnest biopic about the early-20th-century mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who found the divine in integers. Ramanujan, who was mentored by the Cambridge professor G. H. Hardy, eventually became the first Indian to hold a fellowship at Trinity College. We first meet the young, married Ramanujan in a temple in Madras (now Chennai) in India, scrawling mathematical notations like a man possessed. Despite the skepticism of his British boss (a haughty Stephen Fry, barely seen), Ramanujan contacts Hardy (Jeremy Irons) at Trinity with his ideas. And soon he leaves his wife and mother for England. Initially resistant to proofs, he eventually delivers the goods — which yield, among other things, discoveries in the partition of numbers — defying Cambridge bigots and warming the heart of the clinical, atheistic Hardy, as well as those of the scholars Bertrand Russell (Jeremy Northam) and J. E. Littlewood (Toby Jones). Tidy production values are present (Cambridge locations lend verisimilitude), as is a convenient historical omission (specifically, the real Mr. Ramanujan’s marriage to a 10-year-old girl when he was 21). Mr. Irons handily hits the emotional beats, as does Mr. Patel, as Ramanujan confronts incipient tuberculosis. But perhaps Mr. Patel is now ready to try his hand at a sinner, not a saint. “The Man Who Knew Infinity” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for thematic elements and smoking.` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `It’s time for Dev Patel to add fresh paints to his palette. This talented actor — who got his feature start in Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” — has largely specialized in handsome, earnest and well-meaning characters (in both “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” movies and the canceled HBO series “The Newsroom”). Now comes “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” Matthew Brown’s respectful and, yes, earnest biopic about the early-20th-century mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who found the divine in integers. Ramanujan, who was mentored by the Cambridge professor G. H. Hardy, eventually became the first Indian to hold a fellowship at Trinity College. We first meet the young, married Ramanujan in a temple in Madras (now Chennai) in India, scrawling mathematical notations like a man possessed. Despite the skepticism of his British boss (a haughty Stephen Fry, barely seen), Ramanujan contacts Hardy (Jeremy Irons) at Trinity with his ideas. And soon he leaves his wife and mother for England. Initially resistant to proofs, he eventually delivers the goods — which yield, among other things, discoveries in the partition of numbers — defying Cambridge bigots and warming the heart of the clinical, atheistic Hardy, as well as those of the scholars Bertrand Russell (Jeremy Northam) and J. E. Littlewood (Toby Jones). Tidy production values are present (Cambridge locations lend verisimilitude), as is a convenient historical omission (specifically, the real Mr. Ramanujan’s marriage to a 10-year-old girl when he was 21). Mr. Irons handily hits the emotional beats, as does Mr. Patel, as Ramanujan confronts incipient tuberculosis. But perhaps Mr. Patel is now ready to try his hand at a sinner, not a saint. “The Man Who Knew Infinity” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for thematic elements and smoking.` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Little Women (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:55] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:55] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Revelation`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Revelation` resource_category, ID 669, slug `revelation` ...
[16:32:55] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:55] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
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[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:55] ---
[16:32:55] Record #235
[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:55] Combine all data for post `Little Princess, A (1995)`...
[16:32:55] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Little Princess, A (1995)`...
[16:32:55] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1927`...
[16:32:55] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Little Princess, A (1995)`
[16:32:55] CREATING `Little Princess, A (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:55] Associate post `Little Princess, A (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:55] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Little Princess, A (1995)` ...
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[16:32:55] Record #238
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[16:32:55] Record #239
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[16:32:55] Combine all data for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)`...
[16:32:55] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)`...
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[16:32:55] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Legends of the Fall (1994)`
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)` ...
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)` ...
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)` ...
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/354566` for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)` ...
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Eastern Bloc decrepitude has rarely looked as lovely as it does in Maya Vitkova’s “Viktoria,” an offbeat allegorical satire that devolves into a cinematographer show reel. Shot in extra-wide screen by Krum Rodriguez, its story begins at the dawn of the 1980s in Bulgaria, where a girl is born without a bellybutton to a morose young woman against the backdrop of an infantilizing government. The new mother, Boryana (Irmena Chichikova), shares a privacy-free flat with her sweet beau (Dimo Dimov) and her own mother (Mariana Krumova). Life changes when the infant, Viktoria, is declared “baby of the decade” by the state. The girl (played by Daria and Kalina Vitkova, nieces of the director) is spoiled by gifts from Bulgaria’s president (Georgi Spasov). But despite this good fortune, Boryana’s expressions range from sullen to despondent to listless. When it comes to being a mother, she would rather not. Archival montages and time jumps underline the historic changes that the spunky Viktoria and her disconnected family live through, including the fall of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria in 1990. Ms. Vitkova stages amusingly absurd scenarios and showy compositions goosed with portentous motifs (milk, cords, slowly spreading blood). But the film — which runs around two and a half hours — is meager dramatically, and the ageless Boryana seems to be perpetually modeling for a depressive magazine spread. Outside of comic bits, Ms. Vitkova is often too restrained in directing her actors. As more and more perfect shots drift by, the reality of the characters and their relationships dissipates, and we’re left with just picturesque moods.` for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)` ...
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Eastern Bloc decrepitude has rarely looked as lovely as it does in Maya Vitkova’s “Viktoria,” an offbeat allegorical satire that devolves into a cinematographer show reel. Shot in extra-wide screen by Krum Rodriguez, its story begins at the dawn of the 1980s in Bulgaria, where a girl is born without a bellybutton to a morose young woman against the backdrop of an infantilizing government. The new mother, Boryana (Irmena Chichikova), shares a privacy-free flat with her sweet beau (Dimo Dimov) and her own mother (Mariana Krumova). Life changes when the infant, Viktoria, is declared “baby of the decade” by the state. The girl (played by Daria and Kalina Vitkova, nieces of the director) is spoiled by gifts from Bulgaria’s president (Georgi Spasov). But despite this good fortune, Boryana’s expressions range from sullen to despondent to listless. When it comes to being a mother, she would rather not. Archival montages and time jumps underline the historic changes that the spunky Viktoria and her disconnected family live through, including the fall of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria in 1990. Ms. Vitkova stages amusingly absurd scenarios and showy compositions goosed with portentous motifs (milk, cords, slowly spreading blood). But the film — which runs around two and a half hours — is meager dramatically, and the ageless Boryana seems to be perpetually modeling for a depressive magazine spread. Outside of comic bits, Ms. Vitkova is often too restrained in directing her actors. As more and more perfect shots drift by, the reality of the characters and their relationships dissipates, and we’re left with just picturesque moods.` for post `Legends of the Fall (1994)` ...
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[16:32:55] Record #240
[16:32:55] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:55] Combine all data for post `Major Payne (1995)`...
[16:32:55] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Major Payne (1995)`...
[16:32:55] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1932`...
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[16:32:55] Associate post `Major Payne (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:55] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:55] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:55] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Major Payne (1995)` ...
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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. A few years ago, the luxury-goods company Christian Dior recycled images of that film’s heartthrob attraction, Alain Delon, in an ad campaign for its cologne Eau Sauvage that used the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” The playlist for “A Bigger Splash” includes a couple of Stones songs as well, notably “Emotional Rescue,” which is in rotation with Harry Nilsson, Giuseppe Verdi, 1970s Brazilian classics and Hollywood’s eternal bad boy Robert Mitchum murdering the calypso ditty “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep.” Mr. Guadagnino, in other words, knows how to decorate a movie, from Marianne’s manicured head to Penelope’s perfectly photographed bellybutton. Every fetishized element — the glorious house, the tiled pool, Marianne’s Dior outfits and the scrubbiest of vistas — looks ravishing, ready for a close-up, too. The world that Mr. Guadagnino creates is at once seductive and aspirational, and another reminder that movies have always excelled at stoking consumer desires. Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. 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This time, Ms. Swinton plays a rock star, Marianne Lane, who shortly after “A Bigger Splash” opens, is sunbathing au naturel next to a pool, as her lover, Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts), dozes nearby. They’re a delectable pair of sexy beasts, ensconced on a jaw-slackening compound on Pantelleria, a volcanic island in the strait of Sicily that’s within viewing distance of Tunisia. Marianne has recently had career-lengthening throat surgery, a procedure that’s rendered her near-speechless. With her preternatural stillness and sculptured hauteur, Ms. Swinton has always looked ready for her close-up with D. W. Griffith; few contemporary movie actresses can hold you with their gaze as effortlessly as she does. Marianne’s radio silence is a storytelling contrivance (for personal reasons, Ms. Swinton agreed to appear in the movie if she didn’t speak), but it adds to the character’s celebrity aura and deepens the sense of isolation conveyed by the location. 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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. A few years ago, the luxury-goods company Christian Dior recycled images of that film’s heartthrob attraction, Alain Delon, in an ad campaign for its cologne Eau Sauvage that used the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” The playlist for “A Bigger Splash” includes a couple of Stones songs as well, notably “Emotional Rescue,” which is in rotation with Harry Nilsson, Giuseppe Verdi, 1970s Brazilian classics and Hollywood’s eternal bad boy Robert Mitchum murdering the calypso ditty “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep.” Mr. Guadagnino, in other words, knows how to decorate a movie, from Marianne’s manicured head to Penelope’s perfectly photographed bellybutton. Every fetishized element — the glorious house, the tiled pool, Marianne’s Dior outfits and the scrubbiest of vistas — looks ravishing, ready for a close-up, too. The world that Mr. Guadagnino creates is at once seductive and aspirational, and another reminder that movies have always excelled at stoking consumer desires. Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. 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There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganich’s script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. “A Bigger Splash” is based on Jacques Deray’s 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), one of those idle-rich soaps in which trouble pulls up in a Maserati. 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Much like Nancy Meyers (“The Intern”), Mr. Guadagnino excels at creating lifestyle pornography of an especially rarefied kind, although in classic European style, he gilds the pleasure with some political guilt. Not too much, mind you, just enough to give the whole thing a patina of seriousness. Much like the faded hammer-and-sickle tattoo embellishing Harry’s oft-bared chest, the movie’s politics come across as self-consciously ornamental. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Mr. Guadagnino may be actually trying to assuage his conscience (or ours), as if to do penance for all this careless opulence. Yet these moments register as ritualistic at best, opportunistic at worst, and you wish he wouldn’t even bother. 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The scenes in which he wanders through this desolate ghost city, which seems in a state of suspension, are among the film’s strongest. Jet-lagged and sleep-deprived, Alan tries in vain to find his bearings, while obsessing about a strange lump on his back that he unsuccessfully tries to remove. His tentative surgery on himself leads him to consult Zahra Hakem (Sarita Choudhury, from “Homeland”), a Saudi doctor with whom he develops an unlikely romantic connection. A screen adaptation of “A Hologram for the King” could have taken any of several approaches. It could have been a satire of American provincialism and culture clash in a tech-dependent world, with Alan portrayed as a bumbling, overconfident fool living in the past. But Mr. Hanks’s embodiment of an unflappably positive, if frustrated, American Everyman, who refuses to give up or to surrender his can-do attitude, grounds the movie. Somehow, you suspect, his situation will be resolved by good old-fashioned American know-how. Alan becomes infuriated but never enraged. Confronting disaster, he grits his teeth and puts on an optimistic face. Mr. Hanks, in his best clownish mode, scrunches his features into all manner of amusing grimaces. But even when Alan is on the brink of nervous exhaustion, you trust him to find the answers. The movie’s weaker scenes try to fill in his background and family history with flashbacks, in which we meet his ex-wife and daughter, whose college tuition he can’t afford. His father (Tom Skerritt) bitterly deplores the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. As a former executive for the Schwinn Bicycle Company, Alan, we learn, once shipped jobs abroad. Much of “A Hologram for the King” feels like science fiction. We’re familiar with pictures of the futuristic towers of Dubai, flickering in the heat. 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[16:32:56] Combine all data for post `Madness of King George, The (1994)`...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:56] Record #246
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[16:32:56] Combine all data for post `Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Frankenstein) (1994)`...
[16:32:56] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Frankenstein) (1994)`...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Frankenstein) (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:56] Record #247
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[16:32:56] Combine all data for post `Man of the House (1995)`...
[16:32:56] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Man of the House (1995)`...
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[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:56] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `“Bourek,” which takes its title from a flaky Mediterranean pastry, is described in the publicity notes, somewhat optimistically, as a comedy. Viewers, however, are unlikely to be more than marginally amused by its fair-to-middling acting, enervated plot and forcibly diverse group of drifting souls gathered on the fictional Greek island of Khronos. That island, though, is languidly pretty, photographed in tones of butterscotch and cerulean by the Serbian cinematographer Vladimir Subotic (a regular collaborator of the writer and director, Vladan Nikolic). In this burnished idyll, assorted characters bicker and lounge against a backdrop of news reports heralding social and financial catastrophe. An American billionaire (William Leroy) hunkers with his money and his gold-digging honey, waiting for the apocalypse promised by a white-suited televangelist (gustily played by Paul Sevigny, Chloë Sevigny’s brother). A radiant Greek woman (Katerina Misichroni) struggles to protect her debt-squeezed restaurant from a pushy developer while caring for an amnesiac British D.J. Around them, a flotsam of idiosyncratic travelers — a Yeats-quoting Libyan refugee; a Turkish drug dealer-cum-baker — ebbs and flows, saddled with naïvely hackneyed dialogue and a director who seems to be entertaining only himself. Yet Mr. Nikolic, whose 2015 feature “Allure” had an engaging originality that this movie lacks, has a talent for conjuring wistful disillusion among those buffeted by the winds of capitalism and change. When faced with disaster, he seems to be saying, go back to first principles: Eat, dance, fool around. And steal as much money as you can.` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Man of the House (1995)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:56] Record #248
[16:32:56] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:56] Combine all data for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)`...
[16:32:56] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)`...
[16:32:56] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1940`...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
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I hate to disappoint, but I have to say that I’m not really feeling it. The cues are there, of course. An aura of vaguely topical importance is as vital to a superhero-franchise movie as a merchandising deal. So “Civil War” pauses for a few moments of chin-scratching and speechifying about whether a group of genetically advantaged, highly weaponized individuals should be brought under the supervision of the United Nations. More seriously — because, come on now, do you really think Captain America is going to put on a blue U.N. helmet? — the film glances at some of the moral complexities of modern warfare. The designated good guys are responsible for the deaths of innocents, and the question of their accountability hovers over the movie and sets its plot in motion. But this very crowded, reasonably enjoyable installment in the Avengers cycle — written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo — reveals, even more than its predecessors, an essential truth about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. 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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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I hate to disappoint, but I have to say that I’m not really feeling it. The cues are there, of course. An aura of vaguely topical importance is as vital to a superhero-franchise movie as a merchandising deal. So “Civil War” pauses for a few moments of chin-scratching and speechifying about whether a group of genetically advantaged, highly weaponized individuals should be brought under the supervision of the United Nations. More seriously — because, come on now, do you really think Captain America is going to put on a blue U.N. helmet? — the film glances at some of the moral complexities of modern warfare. The designated good guys are responsible for the deaths of innocents, and the question of their accountability hovers over the movie and sets its plot in motion. But this very crowded, reasonably enjoyable installment in the Avengers cycle — written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo — reveals, even more than its predecessors, an essential truth about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s not so much a grand science-fiction saga, or even a series of action-adventure movies, as a very expensive, perpetually renewed workplace sitcom. New characters are added as the seasons wear on. Cast members are replaced. The thing gets a little baroque and tests the boundaries of coherence, but we keep showing up because it can be pleasant, in a no-pressure, low-key kind of way, to hang out with these people as they banter and squabble and get the job done. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows both your street name and your nom de cape. (And yes, thank you, I’m perfectly aware that these Marvel superheroes don’t wear capes.) In this episode, based on a run of comics written by Mark Millar, some of the usual crowd is missing. No Hulk. No Thor. No Nick Fury. The newcomers include Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), whose first solo adventure is prophesied during the final credits, and a very young Spider-Man (Tom Holland), whose solo adventures are the property of a different movie studio. Do you need a list of the rest of them? There are a lot, and my space is limited. The headliners are Cap (Chris Evans, of course) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., of course), and most of the others you hope will show up for at least a brisk punch-up, a bout of soul-searching or a self-conscious joke or two. “Captain America: Civil War” is like the last number at a big benefit concert, when a mob of pop stars squeezes onto the stage to sing “This Land Is Your Land,” or whatever. Some performers sing a whole verse. Others shake maracas for the cause and stare off into the middle distance. Scarlett Johansson is on board. Also Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and so many more. You can go ahead and match them with their superhero identities and civilian alter egos. I’m not here to do your homework for you. The Russo brothers, whose résumés include “Arrested Development” as well as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” are better at dialogue than at action. The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce. It’s difficult to see exactly what’s going on, but you’ve seen it before anyway, so it hardly matters. People and vehicles are tossed around. Buildings blow up. Glass shatters. It all serves a cumbersome and not very original narrative. As in “Batman v Superman,” a dude with a grudge (Daniel Brühl) is determined to set the superheroes against one another. To call the fighting that ensues a civil war seems a bit grandiose, though. A more honest title would have been “Captain America: Collegial Misunderstanding” or “Captain America: Intramural Pickup Game.” The differences of opinion and temperament that cleave the Avengers — it comes down to Iron Man’s arrogance versus the Captain’s stubborn rectitude — provide a pretext for a few sequences of brawling and yelling that are actually kind of exciting to watch. The best part of the movie is a six-on-six rumble at an airport, in which two teams of costumed co-workers, with a few ringers in the mix, face off to work out their issues. The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. No planets, cities or galaxies are in peril, and you can enjoy the spectacle without any of the usual action-movie queasiness about invisible and extensive civilian casualties. (Someone will have to clean up the mess, of course, but that just means overtime for the maintenance workers, who may even be unionized). And there is a solid, satisfying physicality to the effects. That’s true of the climactic mano a mano as well, though the mood is grimmer and the sense of personal grievance more intense. “Captain America: Civil War” does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try. The dialogue is peppered with movie and pop-cultural references — at one point, Spider-Man draws inspiration from “a really old movie” called “The Empire Strikes Back” — and there is even a sly joke about the proliferation of “enhanced” battlers of evil and world-threatening events. The movie seems aware that it risks wearing out its welcome, which would be disastrous, given that Marvel and Disney have already locked in release dates into the next decade. Tune in next time? Sure, why not. It’s a job somebody has to do. “Captain America: Civil War” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). 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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Mixed Nuts (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:56] Record #249
[16:32:56] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:56] Combine all data for post `Milk Money (1994)`...
[16:32:56] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Milk Money (1994)`...
[16:32:56] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1941`...
[16:32:56] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Milk Money (1994)`
[16:32:56] CREATING `Milk Money (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:56] Associate post `Milk Money (1994)` with current import ...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `“Compadres” tries to be a lighthearted cross-border buddy film, and sometimes it succeeds. But consistency is a problem — it doesn’t hit those humorous high notes often enough, and when it’s not in the comedic groove, it’s muddy. Omar Chaparro plays Garza, a Mexican police officer whose reckless style and contempt for authority soon make him a former Mexican police officer. Finding redemption means tracking down some crime syndicate loot that is already the subject of a dispute among rival thugs. Eventually Garza forms an alliance with a young American hacker (Joey Morgan) who played a small role in moving the hot money. Mr. Chaparro and Mr. Morgan trade obligatory insults on their way toward begrudging mutual respect, but they never quite find the buddy comfort zone attained by the best pairs in this genre. Some of the bad guys are amusing — one is inexplicably in clown makeup; another’s preferred weapon is a flamethrower. Eric Roberts turns up occasionally as an F.B.I. agent, but he’s never around long enough to make good use of his skills. There are laughs in this bilingual yarn, but the story grows convoluted, and Enrique Begne, the director, relies far too much on the stock cop-movie scene: heroes in a seemingly impossible fix, guns trained on them but no one firing. Ho-hum; here comes another miraculous escape.` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `“Compadres” tries to be a lighthearted cross-border buddy film, and sometimes it succeeds. But consistency is a problem — it doesn’t hit those humorous high notes often enough, and when it’s not in the comedic groove, it’s muddy. Omar Chaparro plays Garza, a Mexican police officer whose reckless style and contempt for authority soon make him a former Mexican police officer. Finding redemption means tracking down some crime syndicate loot that is already the subject of a dispute among rival thugs. Eventually Garza forms an alliance with a young American hacker (Joey Morgan) who played a small role in moving the hot money. Mr. Chaparro and Mr. Morgan trade obligatory insults on their way toward begrudging mutual respect, but they never quite find the buddy comfort zone attained by the best pairs in this genre. Some of the bad guys are amusing — one is inexplicably in clown makeup; another’s preferred weapon is a flamethrower. Eric Roberts turns up occasionally as an F.B.I. agent, but he’s never around long enough to make good use of his skills. There are laughs in this bilingual yarn, but the story grows convoluted, and Enrique Begne, the director, relies far too much on the stock cop-movie scene: heroes in a seemingly impossible fix, guns trained on them but no one firing. Ho-hum; here comes another miraculous escape.` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Milk Money (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:56] Record #250
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[16:32:56] Combine all data for post `Miracle on 34th Street (1994)`...
[16:32:56] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Miracle on 34th Street (1994)`...
[16:32:56] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1942`...
[16:32:56] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Miracle on 34th Street (1994)`
[16:32:56] CREATING `Miracle on 34th Street (1994)` `Resource`
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Miracle on 34th Street (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Miracle on 34th Street (1994)` ...
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[16:32:56] Record #251
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[16:32:56] Record #252
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[16:32:56] Record #254
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[16:32:56] Combine all data for post `Nobody's Fool (1994)`...
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[16:32:56] Record #255
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[16:32:56] Combine all data for post `Nell (1994)`...
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[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:56] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Nell (1994)` ...
[16:32:56] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:57] Combine all data for post `Beyond Bedlam (1993)`...
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[16:32:57] Record #258
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[16:32:57] Record #261
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[16:32:57] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/362345` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mostly based in the United States, perform as alter egos — aliens from the planet Peelander. Kengo calls himself Peelander-Yellow; his bassist and longtime friend Kotaro Tsukada, is Peelander-Red. Peelander-Green is seen on drums. In “Mad Tiger,” a slight, overextended documentary about these musicians, Red decides to call it quits and open a bar. The separation is initially amicable, but rifts soon threaten to unplug Peelander-Z’s amplifiers for good. In particular, Yellow struggles to find a rhythm with the new bassist (Purple, from the dark side of the planet). Yellow notes that making an audience happy is tough, and the main idea in “Mad Tiger” is that the group’s prankishness masks complex, longstanding friendships. Yellow, a shy former painter who hides behind his character, is easily wounded, and not because he once broke a tooth during a rolling high kick. The movie is obviously heartfelt, but the directors, Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein, never turn this motley crew into compelling characters. (The band’s personnel issues don’t exactly amount to the breakup of the Beatles.) Nor is there much “This Is Spinal Tap”-style humor. “Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow.` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Once Were Warriors (1994)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] IMAGES:
[16:32:57] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:57] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `History`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `History` resource_category, ID 679, slug `history` ...
[16:32:57] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:57] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:57] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:57] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:57] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
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[16:32:57] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:57] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:57] ---
[16:32:57] Record #262
[16:32:57] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:57] Combine all data for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)`...
[16:32:57] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)`...
[16:32:57] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1954`...
[16:32:57] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Poison Ivy II (1996)`
[16:32:57] CREATING `Poison Ivy II (1996)` `Resource`
[16:32:57] Associate post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` with current import ...
[16:32:57] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `An early scene in “Men & Chicken” shows the actor Mads Mikkelsen, with curly hair and a mustache, in the role of Elias, on an awkward date with a woman he met online. She says she is impressed that Elias made the date to begin with because her profile picture, which shows her in a wheelchair, has turned off other men. Expressing interest in her job as a psychiatrist, Elias describes a dream, one in which he rapes a bird of some sort. His date interjects questions; Elias responds with annoyance, questioning her competence as a therapist. He subsequently retires to the men’s room and begins to masturbate in a stall. Yes. “Men & Chicken” is that kind of movie. He’s interrupted by a phone call from his brother Gabriel (David Dencik), who tells Elias that their father has died. It’s even more of that kind of movie when Elias and Gabriel discover their dead father is not their real father. The comically dimwitted brothers trek to a remote Danish island, where they discover three more brothers, who are loath to let the interlopers see the patriarch. Slapstick violence collides with an air of rot, and for a time the movie feels like a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a vintage Three Stooges short. And then there are the mutated chickens. All the weirdness is orchestrated with surprising understatement by the writer and director Anders Thomas Jensen, a well-established screenwriter and a bit of a cult figure, directorially, in his native land. The movie’s grave commitment to its own quirkiness is admirable, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to recommend it.` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/362530` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `An early scene in “Men & Chicken” shows the actor Mads Mikkelsen, with curly hair and a mustache, in the role of Elias, on an awkward date with a woman he met online. She says she is impressed that Elias made the date to begin with because her profile picture, which shows her in a wheelchair, has turned off other men. Expressing interest in her job as a psychiatrist, Elias describes a dream, one in which he rapes a bird of some sort. His date interjects questions; Elias responds with annoyance, questioning her competence as a therapist. He subsequently retires to the men’s room and begins to masturbate in a stall. Yes. “Men & Chicken” is that kind of movie. He’s interrupted by a phone call from his brother Gabriel (David Dencik), who tells Elias that their father has died. It’s even more of that kind of movie when Elias and Gabriel discover their dead father is not their real father. The comically dimwitted brothers trek to a remote Danish island, where they discover three more brothers, who are loath to let the interlopers see the patriarch. Slapstick violence collides with an air of rot, and for a time the movie feels like a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a vintage Three Stooges short. And then there are the mutated chickens. All the weirdness is orchestrated with surprising understatement by the writer and director Anders Thomas Jensen, a well-established screenwriter and a bit of a cult figure, directorially, in his native land. The movie’s grave commitment to its own quirkiness is admirable, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to recommend it.` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `An early scene in “Men & Chicken” shows the actor Mads Mikkelsen, with curly hair and a mustache, in the role of Elias, on an awkward date with a woman he met online. She says she is impressed that Elias made the date to begin with because her profile picture, which shows her in a wheelchair, has turned off other men. Expressing interest in her job as a psychiatrist, Elias describes a dream, one in which he rapes a bird of some sort. His date interjects questions; Elias responds with annoyance, questioning her competence as a therapist. He subsequently retires to the men’s room and begins to masturbate in a stall. Yes. “Men & Chicken” is that kind of movie. He’s interrupted by a phone call from his brother Gabriel (David Dencik), who tells Elias that their father has died. It’s even more of that kind of movie when Elias and Gabriel discover their dead father is not their real father. The comically dimwitted brothers trek to a remote Danish island, where they discover three more brothers, who are loath to let the interlopers see the patriarch. Slapstick violence collides with an air of rot, and for a time the movie feels like a cross between “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a vintage Three Stooges short. And then there are the mutated chickens. All the weirdness is orchestrated with surprising understatement by the writer and director Anders Thomas Jensen, a well-established screenwriter and a bit of a cult figure, directorially, in his native land. The movie’s grave commitment to its own quirkiness is admirable, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to recommend it.` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Poison Ivy II (1996)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] IMAGES:
[16:32:57] TAXONOMIES:
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[16:32:57] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:57] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:57] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:57] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Timothy`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Timothy` resource_category, ID 678, slug `timothy` ...
[16:32:57] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:57] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:57] CREATED `Poison Ivy II (1996)` `Resource` (ID: 2589)
[16:32:57] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:57] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:57] ---
[16:32:57] Record #263
[16:32:57] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:57] Combine all data for post `Outbreak (1995)`...
[16:32:57] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Outbreak (1995)`...
[16:32:57] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1955`...
[16:32:57] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Outbreak (1995)`
[16:32:57] CREATING `Outbreak (1995)` `Resource`
[16:32:57] Associate post `Outbreak (1995)` with current import ...
[16:32:57] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:57] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:57] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:58] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `The unofficial conclusion of an unofficial trilogy of holiday-themed multistar comedy vehicles directed by Garry Marshall, “Mother’s Day” has its perfunctory heart exactly where any experienced viewer would expect it to be. That is, in a fantasy world where, among other things, one older mother’s lifetime of bigotry can be cured by half an afternoon spent with a mixed-race child. The major players in this movie of intertwined story lines include Kate Hudson as a daughter and mom addicted to secrets; Jennifer Aniston as a frazzled divorced mom superirritated by her ex, played by Timothy Olyphant (who’s clearly dying to star in a biopic of Billy Bob Thornton); Julia Roberts as a high-powered childless career woman; and Britt Robertson as a young single mom who’s loath to marry her winsome British boyfriend because of her ambivalence about having been adopted. You will guess, immediately, who her mom turns out to be. The movie, a goopy, glossy mess with 10 times more respect for contrived sentimentality than for film grammar, is bereft of genuinely amusing jokes — Mr. Marshall really had some nerve naming his autobiography “Wake Me When It’s Funny.” Which is not to say the film lacks entertainment value. There’s unusual imagery, in the form of Ms. Roberts’s recycled wig. (Perhaps she had hoped to pass for a Julia Roberts impersonator.) There’s suspense, as when Jason Sudeikis, playing a single dad, sings “The Humpty Dance” for a roomful of children, and you wonder if he’ll make it to the line “I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.” And there are laughs, albeit inadvertent; the biggest comes courtesy of the production’s no-doubt overworked sound department, when Ms. Robertson utters “I have abandonment issues” without moving her mouth. GLENN KENNY “Mother’s Day” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for language of the sort that your mom may use with you if you take her to see this movie.` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Outbreak (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] Record #264
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[16:32:58] Combine all data for post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)`...
[16:32:58] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)`...
[16:32:58] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1956`...
[16:32:58] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)`
[16:32:58] CREATING `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:58] Associate post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:58] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)` ...
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994)` ...
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
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[16:32:58] Record #265
[16:32:58] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:58] Combine all data for post `Perez Family, The (1995)`...
[16:32:58] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Perez Family, The (1995)`...
[16:32:58] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1957`...
[16:32:58] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Perez Family, The (1995)`
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[16:32:58] CUSTOM FIELDS:
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[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Perez Family, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Perez Family, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Perez Family, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Perez Family, The (1995)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] Combine all data for post `Pulp Fiction (1994)`...
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `“Pali Road” is a decent romantic thriller with an uncredited co-star: the state of Hawaii, where it was filmed. The acting is on the wooden side, but the scenery is gorgeous. Lily (the Taiwanese actress Michelle Chen) is a young doctor who is coveted by a fellow physician, Mitch (Sung Kang), but is in a relationship with an elementary-school teacher named Neil (Jackson Rathbone of the “Twilight” movies). After she is in a car crash — the film’s title is a reference to a real stretch of roadway in Hawaii that has a reputation for strange occurrences — she wakes up in an unfamiliar world: She is married to Mitch and has a son, and no one in her life has ever heard of Neil. Jonathan Lim, directing a screenplay by Doc Pedrolie and Victoria Arch, juggles the possibilities pretty well. Is Lily crazy? Is she the victim of an elaborate plot orchestrated by Mitch? Henry Ian Cusick lends a creepy air as a counselor who may or may not have her best interests at heart as he coaxes her to accept the reality she sees. A lot of the weight of selling the story falls on Ms. Chen, and she’s not entirely up to the challenge, but Mr. Lim is able to build suspense anyway. The film might have been more interesting had it delved further into the darker possibilities. Mr. Lim, though, ultimately lets romance be the dominant theme — the love we want, the love we missed out on, the love we get — and there’s some satisfaction there. NEIL GENZLINGER “Pali Road” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for a few scary moments.` for post `Pulp Fiction (1994)` ...
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[16:32:58] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Pulp Fiction (1994)` ...
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[16:32:58] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Pulp Fiction (1994)` ...
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[16:32:58] Record #268
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[16:32:58] Combine all data for post `Priest (1994)`...
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
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[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `At first, it strains credulity. In the late 1950s, just as rebellion is smoldering in Cuba, a reporter in Miami is laboring over a letter to his literary idol. Then, before you can say “The Old Man and the Sea,” the reporter, Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi), is whisked away to Cuba for a fishing trip with his hero, Ernest Hemingway. His adventure begins on a dock as Papa himself floats into view, commanding the flying bridge of his boat like a Roman charioteer. Abandoned as a child during the Depression, at Christmas, no less, the Kid, as Hemingway calls Myers, fled the orphanage to seek his journalistic fortune. Now, he’s in the right place to cover the revolution between tossing back drinks, learning to land a tuna and lounging on pristine beaches with Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary (Joely Richardson), who invite him to join the family. But Bob Yari’s “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is more artifact than art. Shot at Finca Vigi´a, the author’s home near Havana, it bristles with authentic detail, down to the very typewriter Hemingway used. That the movie was made at all during the economic embargo was a feat of diplomacy, financial and otherwise. Ultimately, however, “Papa,” based on an autobiographical screenplay, goes soft at its center. Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect. Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging. The film does have its treats beyond the historical and geographic. Be on the lookout for Papa’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, in white cat-eye specs. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for what a passing 9-year-old called “too many bare butts in the pool” and low-impact sex, fully under the covers. Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes.` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Priest (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] IMAGES:
[16:32:58] TAXONOMIES:
[16:32:58] - Importing taxonomy `resource_category` ...
[16:32:58] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Judges`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Judges` resource_category, ID 677, slug `judges` ...
[16:32:58] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:58] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:58] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:58] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:58] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:58] CREATED `Priest (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2595)
[16:32:58] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:58] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:58] ---
[16:32:58] Record #269
[16:32:58] ACTION: pmxi_before_post_import ...
[16:32:58] Combine all data for post `Quiz Show (1994)`...
[16:32:58] Find corresponding article among previously imported for post `Quiz Show (1994)`...
[16:32:58] Duplicate post wasn't found with unique key `1961`...
[16:32:58] Applying filter `pmxi_article_data` for `Quiz Show (1994)`
[16:32:58] CREATING `Quiz Show (1994)` `Resource`
[16:32:58] Associate post `Quiz Show (1994)` with current import ...
[16:32:58] CUSTOM FIELDS:
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wp_page_template` will be updated with value `front-page.php` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_force_public` will be updated with value `no` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wc_memberships_use_custom_content_restricted_message` will be updated with value `no` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `subject` will be updated with value `This is what the punter will see` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_subject` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2dd4bea4` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_include_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc36a4bea7` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `include_video` will be updated with value `1` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_include_video` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc47fb3ee0` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `video_contributor` will be updated with value `Paula Ggooder` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_video_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8af244eadab` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `You already know the big scenes will be awe-inspiring in “A Beautiful Planet” — how can your eyes not bug out when given 3-D views of Earth, taken from space, on a stories-high Imax screen? What’s surprising is how enjoyable the small moments are in this` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_video_synposis` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2c73c9de` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `Vimeo` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_yt_or_vimeo` will be updated with value `field_5b8af27a3c9dc` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `video_url` will be updated with value `https://vimeo.com/365040` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_video_url` will be updated with value `field_5b8af2a73c9dd` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `document_private__url` will be updated with value `zlud7uvs9m9cwbpwxfmrcd0s2wcyz98` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_private__url` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc483749218` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `include_document` will be updated with value `1` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `video_synposis` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_wp_desired_post_slug` will be updated with value `sample-page` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `According to Kengo Hioki, the guitarist for and a founder of the punk band Peelander-Z, the group’s focus is 10 percent on music, 90 percent on theatrical style. Its gonzo stagecraft involves garish costumes and wild hairdos. The Japanese band members, mo` will be updated with value `Watching the generic computer-animated “Ratchet & Clank,” you’re flooded with reminders of familiar characters. The hero Ratchet — a lombax, a frisky creature with big ears and eyes, who aspires to join the Galactic Rangers, protectors of the galaxy evoking the Green Lantern Corps — has the small physique and intent expression of an evolved Sonic the Hedgehog. His brainy sidekick, the robotic Clank, resembles a diminutive take on the title character from “The Iron Giant”; his voice could be a bookwormish twist on Marvin the Martian’s. When Ratchet (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) succeeds in entering the ranks of the Rangers, he finds that the vain bluster of their leader, Captain Qwark (Jim Ward, reproducing Patrick Warburton’s pompous shtick in “The Tick”), to be hollow. Qwark’s flaws are most evident when the universe is threatened by the evil ex-Ranger Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman), a distant cousin to Will Ferrell’s villain in “Megamind.” Other shopworn aspects — Ratchet’s modest origins as a rocket mechanic who, his boss says, should “dream smaller”; a rapacious antagonist (Paul Giamatti, in sinister-capitalist mode) aided by an oversize thug (Sylvester Stallone) — prompted tired eye rolls, as did the trite motivations and frenetic aerial acrobatics. It comes as no surprise that “Ratchet & Clank” is built around a PlayStation video game series that first appeared in 2002. But of course. It has little story to tell and few ideas to offer. Just a great deal of product to sell. ANDY WEBSTER “Ratchet & Clank” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for — what? Clichés?` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_contributor` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc423bfbb6` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `document_synopsis` will be updated with value `` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document_synopsis` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc2ec4bea5` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_custom_field
[16:32:58] - Custom field `_document` will be updated with value `field_5b8fc3054bea6` for post `Quiz Show (1994)` ...
[16:32:58] - ACTION: pmxi_update_post_meta
[16:32:58] IMAGES:
[16:32:58] TAXONOMIES:
[16:32:58] - Importing taxonomy `resource_category` ...
[16:32:58] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Modernity`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Modernity` resource_category, ID 681, slug `modernity` ...
[16:32:58] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `New testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `New testament` resource_category, ID 672, slug `new-testament` ...
[16:32:58] - Attempted to create parent Resource resource_category `Old testament`, duplicate detected. Importing Resource to existing `Old testament` resource_category, ID 670, slug `old-testament` ...
[16:32:58] - Importing taxonomy `video_contributor` ...
[16:32:58] - Importing taxonomy `document_contributor` ...
[16:32:58] CREATED `Quiz Show (1994)` `Resource` (ID: 2596)
[16:32:58] ACTION: pmxi_saved_post
[16:32:58] ACTION: pmxi_after_post_import
[16:32:58] Cleaning temporary data...